Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress, who rose to prominence in the 20th century and is widely considered one of the greatest actresses to have ever existed in Hollywood. She attended Oxford School for a while but studied privately later on and then attended Bryn Mawr College. It was during her time at college that she started acting and eventually acted in plays staged on Broadway. Her performances caught the eye of Hollywood filmmakers and she struck gold with the film ‘Morning Glory’ in 1933, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She went on to win three more Academy Awards for Best Actress for ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’, ‘The Lion in Winter’ and ‘On Golden Pond’. Hepburn’s haul of 4 Academy Awards for Best Actress remains an all time record and American Film Institute has anointed her as the greatest actress in the category of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She was also known for her outspoken and independent nature and was famous for her wit. Just like her performances, her thoughts, sayings and quotations are also popular. Here is a collection of some of the best quotes, thoughts and sayings by Katharine Hepburn.
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.
Katharine Hepburn
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
Katharine Hepburn
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
Katharine Hepburn
What in the world would we do without our libraries?
Katharine Hepburn
What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
Katharine Hepburn
Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.
If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.
Katharine Hepburn
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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'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 have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.
Katharine Hepburn
I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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.
Acting is the most minor of 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
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.
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.
Katharine Hepburn
To put it simply: There was no bunk about Bogie. He was a man.
Katharine Hepburn
I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be inferior.
[Lauren Bacall] and Bogie seemed to have the most enormous opinion of each other's charms, and when they fought it was with the utter confidence of two cats locked deliciously in the same cage.
Katharine Hepburn
I truly believe that people do the best they can.
Katharine Hepburn
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased".
Katharine Hepburn
When you know better, it's easier to do better"
George Chryst
