Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I’ve had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIsn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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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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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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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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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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You give because you love and cannot help giving.
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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 follow all of the rules, you’ll miss all of the fun.
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Enemies are so stimulating.
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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
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Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.
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