More Quotes by Katharine Hepburn
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
Don't moan, don't whine, don't blame. Just get on with it.
The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.
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.
Friendship, if somebody holds out his hand toward you, you've got to reach and take it... There are too many people alone, and if you're lucky enough for somebody to want you as a friend, it's an obligation.
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
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
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.