Jim Conover:
...the most beautiful plank in your husband's platform.
Mary Matthews: That's a heck of a thing to call a woman!
--Katharine Hepburn (as Mary Matthews) in State of the Union
Mary Matthews: That's a heck of a thing to call a woman!
--Katharine Hepburn (as Mary Matthews) in State of the Union
Louis Easton:
What is your name?
Eva Lovelace: Eva Lovelace. Like it? I can change it if you don't.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eva Lovelace) in Morning Glory
Eva Lovelace: Eva Lovelace. Like it? I can change it if you don't.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eva Lovelace) in Morning Glory
John Stafford:
You trust me, don't you?
Trigger Hicks: Don't trust no man farther than a shotgun can hit.
John Stafford: Oh, you never loved a man, then, did you?
Trigger Hicks: Sure, I've loved a heap of 'em. The more I love 'em, the less I trust 'em.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Trigger Hicks) in Spitfire
Trigger Hicks: Don't trust no man farther than a shotgun can hit.
John Stafford: Oh, you never loved a man, then, did you?
Trigger Hicks: Sure, I've loved a heap of 'em. The more I love 'em, the less I trust 'em.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Trigger Hicks) in Spitfire
[first lines]
Florist: Good afternoon.
Alice Adams: Yes, I'd like to buy a corsage, something nice to wear to the party.
Florist: Yes. Ooh, that's the - that's the Palmer party, I suppose.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Alice Adams) in Alice Adams
Florist: Good afternoon.
Alice Adams: Yes, I'd like to buy a corsage, something nice to wear to the party.
Florist: Yes. Ooh, that's the - that's the Palmer party, I suppose.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Alice Adams) in Alice Adams
[Gazing into a mirror]
Eleanor: My, what a lovely girl. How could her king have left her?
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor: My, what a lovely girl. How could her king have left her?
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
[Limping after losing a heel from one shoe]
Susan Vance: I was born on the side of a hill.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Susan Vance) in Bringing up Baby
Susan Vance: I was born on the side of a hill.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Susan Vance) in Bringing up Baby
[Richard gives Bunny a personality test]
Richard Sumner: Now what is the first thing you notice in a person?
Bunny Watson: Whether the person is male or female.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set
Richard Sumner: Now what is the first thing you notice in a person?
Bunny Watson: Whether the person is male or female.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Bunny Watson) in Desk Set
Prof. Bhaer:
Oh, please, please... just, just one moment, before... I have a wish to ask you something. Would you... Oh, I-I... I have no courage to think that... but, but, but, could I dare hope that... I? I... I know I, I shouldn't make so free as to ask. I have nothing to give, but my heart so full and... and these empty hands.
Jo March: [taking his hands in hers] Not empty now.
Prof. Bhaer: Oh, heart's dearest!
[they embrace]
Jo March: [drawing him into the house] Welcome home!
--Katharine Hepburn (as Jo) in Little Women
Jo March: [taking his hands in hers] Not empty now.
Prof. Bhaer: Oh, heart's dearest!
[they embrace]
Jo March: [drawing him into the house] Welcome home!
--Katharine Hepburn (as Jo) in Little Women
Prince John:
[rushing in] What's wrong? What's happened?
Eleanor: Richard's getting married.
Prince John: Getting married? Now? He's getting married *now*?
Eleanor: I never cease to marvel at the quickness of your mind.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
Eleanor: Richard's getting married.
Prince John: Getting married? Now? He's getting married *now*?
Eleanor: I never cease to marvel at the quickness of your mind.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter
C. K. Dexter Haven:
The moon is also a goddess, chaste and virginal.
Tracy Lord: Stop using those foul words.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Tracy Lord: Stop using those foul words.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
