I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
KATHARINE HEPBURNLife 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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You are the only person you can actually change.
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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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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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The woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
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I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.
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I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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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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We 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.
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