Katharine Hepburn Quotes

You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Change Correct Learning Life Yourself
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Connection Expectation Generosity Love Yourself
A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Wild Wink Woman World
I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fear Greatness Intelligence Man Myself People
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?
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Each Other Man Myself Togetherness Woman
The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Burden Happiness Mistake Responsibility Terrible Work
You are the only person you can actually change.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Change Person Yourself
All my life, I’ve stayed at parties too long because I didn’t know when to go.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Life Myself Party Stay
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Interest Person Yourself
It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fascination Love Wisdom Woman
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 HEPBURN

Hope Time Try Woman
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.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Electricity Energy Kind Myself
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

Car Fun Myself Old Terrible
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Art Goodness Myself People Secret
I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Enjoyment Myself Regret Time
If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Build Enough Old Survive Yourself
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Beautiful Knowledge Man Woman
I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Destroy Hell Myself Thinking Work
I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Fate Legend Master Myself Survive Time
If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Appearance Choice Money Sex Yourself
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 HEPBURN

Mistake Regret Stupidity Yourself
It’s how you live that really counts.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Count Live Yourself
A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Hurt Knife Pain Quick
I’ve made forty-three pictures. Naturally I’m adorable in all of them.
KATHARINE HEPBURN

Interest Myself Photograph

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