16 of Katharine Hepburn's Best Quotes on Love and Life
"Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere."
By Sam Escobar
As one of the fiercest and most fearless stars of Old Hollywood, actress Katharine Hepburn has some seriously quotable quotes. Independent and outspoken, this four-time Oscar winner said some of our favorite one-liners of the 20th century — and took some of the most stunning portraits while she was at it. Take a look at both in honor of her birthday!
"You can't change the music of your soul."
1940.
"Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere."
Christopher Strong, 1932.
"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."
1938.
"I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex."
1937.
"Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age."
1968.
"Without discipline, there's no life at all."
1987.
"Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do."
1940.
"Never complain. Never explain."
1934.
"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."
Katherine with David Manners in A Woman Rebels (1936).
"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."
1965.
"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."
1933.
"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only with what you are expecting to give, which is everything."
"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."
1990.
"As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work."
1938.
"Death will be a great relief. No more interviews."
Break of Hearts (1935).
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