Katharine Hepburn

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

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

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.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

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

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

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