An array of Katharine Hepburn quotes on a variety of topics ... with my favorites listed first:

"I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex."

"Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us."

"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."

"Never complain. Never explain."

"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself."

"It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean."

"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."

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

"Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do."

"I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good - or because they're lucky."

"Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four."

"Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask for details."

"I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true."

"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."

"Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about."

"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."

"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun."

"It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels."

"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."

"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."

"Without discipline, there's no life at all."

"If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you."

"To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time."

"It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack."

"What in the world would we do without our libraries?"

"I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear."

"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 other people."

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

"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."

"Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it . I would have made a terrible mother."

"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."

"Death will be a great relief. No more interviews."

R.I.P.