Quotes from Eartha Kitt

I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.

I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.

Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.

I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.

I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.

I am still confused because I still don't know who my father is. And so who is my mother? The feeling is still there.

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.

Thank God I got the rejects. These animals are very, very affectionate.

My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.

I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.

It's best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse.

Thank God you've got a sense of humor, or you'd be in trouble.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.

I was a street dancer.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.

I used to teach dance lessons.

Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won.

I'm very happy with what the gods have given me. I take life as she presents herself to me, and whatever you see in my face is what I have earned.

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.