Quotes by Katharine Hepburn

“Enemies are so stimulating.”

“Forget your enemies. Its your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems.”

“Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.”

“Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.”

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.”

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

“. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you dont paddle your own canoe, you dont move.”

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”

“Never complain. Never explain.”

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

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. Its never your fault. But its always your fault, because if you wanted to change youre the one who has got to change.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

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.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Now how can anybody look at that and not believe in God? I mean, how can anybody look at this and not believe there is some higher power, some divine force at work in the universe greater than Man, some god that created it, that created all this, that created us?

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

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

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

I am an atheist and thats it. I believe theres nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didnt do what I wanted, Id kill him.