I 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 HEPBURNSilence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
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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’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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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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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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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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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old – or being young, for that matter.
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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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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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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 wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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