Katharine Hepburn People Quotations

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.

Only the really plain people know about love-the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons screaming and tearing back and forth, back and forth, devastating the peace of a quiet day at the beach and the joy of fellow boatmen on the water.

Loved people are loving people.

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.

People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.

I don't feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it's here. And I think anything good that you're going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.

The time to make up your mind about people is never.

People have grown fond of me, like some old building.

My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're the best.

The lack of work destroys people.

If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.

Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.

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

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.

Let's just say that where a change was required, I adjusted. In every relationship that exists, people have to seek a way to survive. If you really care about the person, you do what's necessary, or that's the end. For the first time, I found that I really could change, and the qualities I most admired in myself I gave up. I stopped being loud and bossy... Oh, all right. I was still loud and bossy, but only behind his back.

You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.