If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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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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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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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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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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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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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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Our Constitution was not intended to be used by … any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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