Katharine Hepburn

I am a total me, me, Me person.

— Katharine Hepburn

Never complain. Never explain.

— Katharine Hepburn

It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

— Katharine Hepburn

“I pray for guidance but blush when I get it.”

— Katharine Hepburn

You are the only person you can actually change

— Katharine Hepburn

Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.

— Katharine Hepburn

Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.

— Katharine Hepburn

Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot!

— Katharine Hepburn

“I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.”

— Katharine Hepburn

I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.

— Katharine Hepburn

My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're…

— Katharine Hepburn

The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.

— Katharine Hepburn

I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have…

— Katharine Hepburn

If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.

— 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

With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.

— Katharine Hepburn

Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?

— Katharine Hepburn

I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.

— Katharine Hepburn

In some ways I've lived my life like a man, made my own decisions, etc. I've been as terrified as the next…

— Katharine Hepburn

I'm what is known as gradually disintegrating. I don't fear the next world, or anything. I don't fear hell, and I don't…

— Katharine Hepburn

I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that…

— Katharine Hepburn

I won't go to a restaurant to eat with friends, always join them afterwards for coffee. In company I always get over…

— Katharine Hepburn

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…

— Katharine Hepburn

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or…

— Katharine Hepburn

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they…

— Katharine Hepburn

How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The…

— Katharine Hepburn

Let's just say that where a change was required, I adjusted. In every relationship that exists, people have to seek a way…

— Katharine Hepburn

You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to…

— Katharine Hepburn

The calla lilies are in bloom again.

— Katharine Hepburn

It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot.

— Katharine Hepburn

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.

— Katharine Hepburn

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

— Katharine Hepburn

Life is full of censorship. I cant spit in your eye.

— Katharine Hepburn

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

— Katharine Hepburn

You can’t change the music of your soul.

— Katharine Hepburn

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.

— Katharine Hepburn

You never feel that you have fame. It's always in back of you.

— Katharine Hepburn

I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.

— Katharine Hepburn

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

— Katharine Hepburn

Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.

— Katharine Hepburn