Effie Clair > Effie's Quotes

“What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in your hand
Ah, what then?”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Complete Poems

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.”
― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

“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.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”
― Katherine Hepburn

“What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“Never complain. Never explain.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.”
― Katherine Hepburn

“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.”
― Katherine Hepburn

“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.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.”
― Katherine Hepburn

“Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?”
― Katharine Hepburn

“Most people our brought up to believe they are as good as the person next to them, I was told I was better.”
― Katherine Hepburn

“I could peel you like a pear and god himself would see the justice in it.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“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.”
― Katharine Hepburn