Sylvia Scarlett:
Well, we're all fools sometimes. Only you choose such awkward times.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Sylvia Scarlett a.k.a. Sylvester) in Sylvia Scarlett
--Katharine Hepburn (as Sylvia Scarlett a.k.a. Sylvester) in Sylvia Scarlett
Terry Randall:
[delivering her opening speech in the play within the movie] The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Terry Randall) in Stage Door
--Katharine Hepburn (as Terry Randall) in Stage Door
Terry Randall:
[giving her curtain speech at the end of a trimphant opening night performance of the play within the movie] The person you should be applauding died a few hours ago. I hope that wherever she is, she knows and understands and forgives.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Terry Randall) in Stage Door
--Katharine Hepburn (as Terry Randall) in Stage Door
Terry Randall:
[With a superior air, leaving the crowded living room of girls after many snappy wisecracks and lively banter among the group] It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your minds stretched a little further than the next wisecrack.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Terry Randall) in Stage Door
--Katharine Hepburn (as Terry Randall) in Stage Door
Tess Harding:
I'm going to be you wife. You don't think that I can do the little ordinary things that any idiot can do, do you?
Sam Craig: No.
Tess Harding: Why not?
Sam Craig: Because you're incapable of doing them, that's why. You can't expect Seabiscuit to stop in the middle of the stretch, drink a glass of water, and count to seven at the same time, you know. That takes training.
Tess Harding: Well, I'm not Seabiscuit.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tess Harding) in Woman of the Year
Sam Craig: No.
Tess Harding: Why not?
Sam Craig: Because you're incapable of doing them, that's why. You can't expect Seabiscuit to stop in the middle of the stretch, drink a glass of water, and count to seven at the same time, you know. That takes training.
Tess Harding: Well, I'm not Seabiscuit.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tess Harding) in Woman of the Year
Tracy Lord:
[a very drunk Tracy] My feet are made of clay. Made of clay, did you know? Good niiiggghhhttt little man!
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Tracy Lord:
[normal voice] Hello, Dexter.
[lower voice]
Tracy Lord: Hello, George.
[high childish voice]
Tracy Lord: Hello, Mike.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
[lower voice]
Tracy Lord: Hello, George.
[high childish voice]
Tracy Lord: Hello, Mike.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Tracy Lord:
[on her wedding day] Do you like my dress, Dinah?
Dinah Lord: Oh, yes. Ever so much.
Tracy Lord: Feels awfully heavy.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Dinah Lord: Oh, yes. Ever so much.
Tracy Lord: Feels awfully heavy.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Tracy Lord:
[taking the perfume out of the car] This is your Uncle Willy's favorite, Complete Surrender.
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Tracy Lord:
[Tracy and Mike have almost kissed. Both are very drunk] Has your mind taken hold again, dear professor?
Macaulay Connor: Good thing, don't you agree?
Tracy Lord: No, professor.
Macaulay Connor: [angrily] Alright, lay off that "professor" stuff! Now, do you hear me?
Tracy Lord: Yes, professor...
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
Macaulay Connor: Good thing, don't you agree?
Tracy Lord: No, professor.
Macaulay Connor: [angrily] Alright, lay off that "professor" stuff! Now, do you hear me?
Tracy Lord: Yes, professor...
--Katharine Hepburn (as Tracy Lord) in The Philadelphia Story
