I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
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If you follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
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Without discipline, there’s no life at all.
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I don’t fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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