Eleanor: Well, every family has their ups and downs.


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter

Eleanor: Well, that's the way deals are made. We've got him if we want him. He'll sell us all, you know... but only if he thinks we think he won't.


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter

Eleanor: What family doesn't have its ups and downs?


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter

Eleanor: What would you have me do? Give out? Give up? Give in?
Henry II: Give me a little peace.
Eleanor: A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now there's a thought.


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eleanor of Aquitaine) in The Lion in Winter

Eva Lovelace: Every year, in every theater, some young person makes a hit. Sometimes it's a big hit, cometimes a little one. It's a distinct success, but how many of them keep their heads? How many of them work? Youth comes to the fore. Youth has its hour of glory. But too often it's only a morning glory - a flower that fades before the sun is very high.


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eva Lovelace) in Morning Glory

Eva Lovelace: I hope you're going to tell me your name. I want you for my first friend in New York. Mine's Eva Lovelace. It's partly made up and partly real. It was Ada Love. Love's my family name. I added the 'lace.' Do you like it, or would you prefer something shorter? A shorter name would be more convenient on a sign. Still, 'Eva Lovelace in Camille,' for instance, or 'Eva Lovelace in Romeo and Juliet' sounds very distinguished, doesn't it?


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eva Lovelace) in Morning Glory

Eva Lovelace: I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid of being a morning glory!
Eva Lovelace: Oh, Nellie, I'm not afraid!


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eva Lovelace) in Morning Glory

Eva Lovelace: Nellie, they've all been trying to frighten me. They've been trying to frighten me into being sensible, but they can't do it. Not now. Not yet. They've got to let me be as foolish as I want to be. I-I want to ride through the crowd. I want to- I want to go buy me a mink coat. And I'll buy you a beautiful present. And Mr. Hedges! I'll buy Mr. Hedges a little house. And it'll have rooms full of white orchids. And they've got to tell me that I'm much more wonderful than anyone else because, Nellie - Nellie, I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid of being just a morning glory. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid. Why should I be afraid? I'm not afraid.


--Katharine Hepburn (as Eva Lovelace) in Morning Glory

Jamie Rowan: [after Pat shows her the equipment in the basement] Jiminy Cricket!


--Katharine Hepburn (as Jamie Rowan) in Without Love

Jo March: [about her short haircut] Well it's boyish, becoming and easy to maintain.


--Katharine Hepburn (as Jo) in Little Women