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.’
KATHARINE HEPBURNPeople think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
-
-
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Loved people are loving people.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Enemies are so stimulating.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Life is very hard, isn’t it? It does kill you, after all.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
He’s worked his entire life and he’s never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
KATHARINE HEPBURN -
People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
KATHARINE HEPBURN