Quotes from Eartha Kitt

I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.

I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me.

I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.

I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.

I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.

The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.

I love being in America. I used to love traveling and I am glad that I was able to go around the world. I still love to go to Europe, but I always want to come home.

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

I was considered an ugly duckling.

I said to the president's wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason.

A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.

I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

I don't go for very handsome men. Like they say in England, toy boys break too easily.

I love men and I like to get their attention.

Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!

People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.

I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

I am the original 'Material Girl.'

When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.