All Katharine Whitehorn Quotes
- As ridiculous to approve of property and let a few men have a grossly unfair share of it, as say you are all for marriage,… All
- No nice men are good at getting taxis. Getting Taxis
- I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get… Allowed
- Children and zip fasteners do not respond to force ... except occasionally. Children
- Next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all. All
- In hell they will bore you, in heaven you will bore them. Bore
- The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you. Insightful
- Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing? Basket
- I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done. Admiration
- When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean… Begin
- Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer… Any
- A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat. Good
- The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts. Cure
- It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation. Bastards
- American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks… American
- I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head. All
- I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one. Cinema
- The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk. Drunk
- Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer. American
- Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong. Comfort
- I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me. Besides
- Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel. Class
- Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences. Concern
- A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within. Banal
- There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. Acceptable