The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
KATHARINE HEPBURNThe notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI’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?
KATHARINE HEPBURNI love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
KATHARINE HEPBURNYou can’t change the music of your soul.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWe are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
KATHARINE HEPBURNBeing 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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNLife gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNVitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
KATHARINE HEPBURNI don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
KATHARINE HEPBURNWithout discipline, there’s no life at all.
KATHARINE HEPBURN