110+ Katharine Hepburn Quotes On Aging, Marriage And Beauty

Katharine Hepburn was an American actress who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actresses in the history of Hollywood. She won four Academy Awards for Best Actress, a record for any performer, as well as numerous other awards throughout her career. Hepburn was known for her strong, independent characters and defiance of gender roles in her films. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Katharine Hepburn on love, aging, marriage.

Top 10 Katharine Hepburn Quotes

1. Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
2. If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
3. Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get--only with what you are expecting to give--which is everything.
4. If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
5. Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
6. As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
7. Never complain. Never explain.
8. 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.
9. I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone
10. If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Katharine Hepburn Image Quotes

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. — Katharine Hepburn

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex. — Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Short Quotes

• What the hell-you might be right, you might be wrong...but don't just avoid.
• I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
• The calla lilies are in bloom again.
• It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
• The time to make up your mind about people is never.
• It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.
• Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.
• Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
• If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.
• I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Love

Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them. — Katharine Hepburn

You give because you love and cannot help giving. — Katharine Hepburn

It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating. — Katharine Hepburn

I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him. — Katharine Hepburn

To be loved is very demoralizing — Katharine Hepburn

Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life. — Katharine Hepburn

Only the really plain people know about love --the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they very soon exhaust their talents. — Katharine Hepburn

It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous. — Katharine Hepburn

You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible. — Katharine Hepburn

I love rain. It's lucky, I always think. — Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Aging

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age. — Katharine Hepburn

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building. — Katharine Hepburn

The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four. — Katharine Hepburn

I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself...but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets. — Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Marriage

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. — Katharine Hepburn

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. — Katharine Hepburn

I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor. — Katharine Hepburn

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. — Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Life

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated. — Katharine Hepburn

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

Without discipline, there is no life at all. — Katharine Hepburn

There are no laurels in life, just new challenges. — Katharine Hepburn

Vitality! That's the pursuit of life, isn't it? — Katharine Hepburn

Without discipline, there's no life at all. — Katharine Hepburn

All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go. — Katharine Hepburn

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around. — Katharine Hepburn

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

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

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Regrets

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

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

I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it. — Katharine Hepburn

It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets. — Katharine Hepburn

It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets. — Katharine Hepburn

I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time — Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Acting

Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return. — Katharine Hepburn

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time. — Katharine Hepburn

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession. — Katharine Hepburn

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you. — Katharine Hepburn

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous. — Katharine Hepburn

To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest. — Katharine Hepburn

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. — Katharine Hepburn

The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night. — Katharine Hepburn

I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow. — Katharine Hepburn

It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession. — Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn Quotes About Actors

Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you've got less to sell. — Katharine Hepburn

I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower. — Katharine Hepburn

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

Katharine Hepburn Famous Quotes And Sayings

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. — Katharine Hepburn

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change. — Katharine Hepburn

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 Hepburn

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. — Katharine Hepburn

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend. — Katharine Hepburn

Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future. — Katharine Hepburn

The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died. — 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

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. — Katharine Hepburn

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. — Katharine Hepburn

I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity. — Katharine Hepburn

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work. — Katharine Hepburn

If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm. — Katharine Hepburn

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. — Katharine Hepburn

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

You can't change the music of your soul. — Katharine Hepburn

People 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. — Katharine Hepburn

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. — Katharine Hepburn

If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. — 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 the best. — 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 there because they're lucky. — Katharine Hepburn

Enemies are so stimulating. — Katharine Hepburn

My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate. — Katharine Hepburn

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews. — Katharine Hepburn

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

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

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. — Katharine Hepburn

I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep. — Katharine Hepburn

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition. — Katharine Hepburn

People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be. — Katharine Hepburn

You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part. — Katharine Hepburn

I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it. — Katharine Hepburn

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to know about beautiful women. — 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

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least. — Katharine Hepburn

If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good. — Katharine Hepburn

Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you. — Katharine Hepburn

I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky. — Katharine Hepburn

How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives. — Katharine Hepburn

Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That's what I've done. — 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 to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world. — Katharine Hepburn

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels. — Katharine Hepburn

I remember as a child going around with "Votes For Women" balloons. I learnt early what it is to be snubbed for a good cause. — 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

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

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

Man who stands on toilet, gets high on pot! — 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 person, but you've got to keep going. — Katharine Hepburn

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything — Katharine Hepburn

It's how you live that really counts — Katharine Hepburn

Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation. — Katharine Hepburn

A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same -- scandal. — Katharine Hepburn

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

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

If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

I am a total me, me, Me person. — Katharine Hepburn

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking. — Katharine Hepburn

Life Lessons by Katharine Hepburn

1. Katharine Hepburn taught us to live life on our own terms and to never give up on our dreams. She showed us that it is important to be independent and to never be afraid to speak our minds.
2. She also taught us to take risks and to never be afraid to fail. She showed us that it is possible to be successful without compromising our values.
3. Finally, she demonstrated that it is possible to be both strong and vulnerable, and that it is important to be kind and generous to others.