Katharine Whitehorn Quotations

It would be nice to think that a censor could allow a genuine work of artistic seriousness and ban a titillating piece of sadism, but it would take a miracle to make such a distinction stick.

Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.

It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.

Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts.

American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks through which the lawyers may creep.

I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one.

The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.