Katharine Hepburn movie quotes

“Seymour, listen to me - I was a good mother, I never told any of my children to do anything wrong and I wouldn't tell you. So be a good boy, Seymour. Help them! Kill them!”
Katharine Hepburn - Grace Quigley

“- Margaret Lord: We both might face the facts that neither of us has proved to be a very great success as a wife.
- Tracy Lord: We just picked the wrong first husband.”
Mary Nash - Margaret Lord
Katharine Hepburn - Tracy Lord

“- David Huxley: Don't lose your head!
- Susan Vance: I've got my head, I've lost my leopard!”
Cary Grant - David Huxley
Katharine Hepburn - Susan Vance

“- Joanna Drayton: I almost wish you'd fire her, I really do!
- Christina Drayton: Joey! How can you be so hard?”
Katharine Houghton - Joanna Drayton
Katharine Hepburn - Christina Drayton

“- Susan Vance: Don't worry, Gogarty, I'll get you out.
- David Huxley: Oh, sure. Look, she got me out.”

Katharine Hepburn - Susan Vance
Cary Grant - David Huxley

“- Tracy Lord: I don't seem to you made of bronze?
- Macaulay Connor: No, you're made out of flesh and blood. That's the blank, unholy surprise of it. You're the golden girl, Tracy. Full of life and warmth and delight.”
Katharine Hepburn - Tracy Lord
James Stewart - Macaulay Connor

“- Tracy Lord: Only for the moment, I'm not interested in myself.
- C. K. Dexter Haven: Not interested in yourself, Red, you're fascinated. You're far and away your favorite person in the world.”
Katharine Hepburn - Tracy Lord
Cary Grant - C. K. Dexter Haven

“- Jean Maitland: Why shouldn't I go out with him? I think he's very charming.
- Terry Randall: So are snakes.”
Ginger Rogers - Jean Maitland
Katharine Hepburn - Terry Randall

“The trick in life isn't getting what you want, my dear, it's wanting it after you get it.”
Katharine Hepburn - Ginny

“We answered her questions. She listened to our answers. We told her it was wrong to believe that white people were somehow essentially superior to black people... or the brown or the red or the yellow ones, for that matter.”
Katharine Hepburn - Christina Drayton

“- David Huxley: But Susan, you can't climb in a man's bedroom window!
- Susan Vance: I know, it's on the second floor!”
Cary Grant - David Huxley
Katharine Hepburn - Susan Vance