[Descendants of these publishers still run their respective papers, and the attitude that they have an obligation to provide covert help to the CIA persists to the present era. In 1988, Post owner Katharine Graham, Phil's widow, gave a speech at the CIA's Langley, Va. headquarters.] We live in a dirty and dangerous world, ... There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.


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I grew up on my dad's sets, but I was never star-struck or desperate to be famous. I grew up bei...
KATHARINE ISABELLE
Everyone has that inner voice, the one that's a Negative Nancy. I'd say to ignore that voice...
KATHARINE MCPHEE
If you don't flirt, you're probably dead inside.
KATHARINE TOWNE
It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profe...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Only the really plain people know about love-the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impr...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like ce...
KATHARINE ISABELLE
What happened to your lip?" Ravenna said to him. "It looks sore."
Miss Feather's fingers darte...
KATHARINE ASHE
I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret… if you have ...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Never complain. Never explain.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I love the spirit of Halloween and the energy that comes with it.
KATHARINE MCPHEE
A beautiful woman needs no embellishments. But a prideful man may give them to her nevertheless.
KATHARINE ASHE
The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons scream...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else....
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted ...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup o...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get marr...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Try asking for equal pay while wearing a baby-doll frock
KATHARINE VINER
. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
What in the world would we do without our libraries?
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end. That's the gi...
KATHARINE WEBER
Going through puberty as a young girl is so confusing. This monster invades your body, changes thing...
KATHARINE ISABELLE
Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don'...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
To be loved is very demoralizing
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Tea at Five
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask f...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
It's life, isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then som...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I don't believe in marriage. It's bloody impractical to love, honor, and obey.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to ...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later!
KATHARINE HEPBURN
There is no evidence of a conspiracy ... the state failed because there is no conspiracy.
KATHARINE LIELL
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - yo...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling...
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
KATHARINE HEPBURN
I personally am a 'discovery writer,' as we're termed, someone who plans the book by wri...
KATHARINE KERR