I. Frost's Selected Quotations

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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

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

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. 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 because they're lucky. Katharine Hepburn

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

Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask for details." Katharine Hepburn

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true. Katharine Hepburn Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn

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

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

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

Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else. You weren't you then; you were safe. Katharine Hepburn

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean. Katharine Hepburn

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack Katharine Hepburn

Never complain. Never explain. 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 wondering about yourself. Katharine Hepburn

What in the world would we do without our libraries? Katharine Hepburn

I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear 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 other people. Katharine Hepburn

Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us. Katharine Hepburn

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

Enemies are so stimulating Katharine Hepburn

To be loved is very demoralizing 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." 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

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

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