Katharine Hepburn Quotes

As for me prizes mean nothing. My prize is my work.

I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.

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.

We are taught you must blame your father your sisters your brothers the school the teachers-you can blame anyone but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault because if you want to change you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that isn't it?

Without discipline there's no life at all.

A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.

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

I was born lucky and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.