"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire. Katharine Hepburn More Quotes by Katharine Hepburn More Quotes From Katharine Hepburn 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. Katharine Hepburn friendship hands people All my life, I've stayed at parties too long because I didn't know when to go. Katharine Hepburn party decision long Enemies are so stimulating. Katharine Hepburn love relationship life Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know. Katharine Hepburn harder smart knows You are the only person you can actually change Katharine Hepburn persons The time to make up your mind about people is never. Katharine Hepburn make-up-your-mind mind people I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it. Katharine Hepburn pears justice Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future. Katharine Hepburn high-standards individual creating Listen to the song of life. Katharine Hepburn song I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children. Katharine Hepburn selfish mother children I was fearless...and lawless. Katharine Hepburn fearless Without discipline, there's no life at all. Katharine Hepburn inspirational-kindness discipline life People think that I'm tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck. Katharine Hepburn adorable strong thinking I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, 'Try one. Try a skirt.' Katharine Hepburn long-ago fashion men I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep. Katharine Hepburn fear-of-death sleep long Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. "Beat it", I said, "go sit on a tack!" "We made you", they said. "Like hell you did", I told them. Katharine Hepburn crowds hell made I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid. Katharine Hepburn apology regret stupid It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. Katharine Hepburn innovation would-be mind To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest. Katharine Hepburn know-how creativity knows I'm a legend because I've survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate - I'm still paddling the goddamned boat myself. Katharine Hepburn paddling fate long