Quotes from 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.

You can't change the music of your soul. —In Esquire, 1967

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

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.

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.

I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?

Enemies are so stimulating.

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

Children need boundaries, so they can know how far they have to go to get beyond them.

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.

I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.

I am 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.

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.

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

It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.

There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.

Vitality! That's the pursuit of life, isn't it?

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.