Eartha Kitt was an American singer, actress, dancer, comedian, activist, author, and songwriter known for her highly distinctive singing style. Profoundly inspirational Eartha Kitt quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Famous Eartha Kitt Quotes
The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it. Eartha Kitt
Just think of it as you’re being let go, that your life’s going in a different direction, that your body’s part of a permanent outplacement.
It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit. Eartha Kitt
You better pray that Batman is a man man more than he is a police man.
I’ve never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, and continue creating something new. If you don’t take that sort of risk, you learn nothing. Eartha Kitt
Karate isn’t effective unless accompanied by yelling.
I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger. Eartha Kitt
If you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity!
A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up. Eartha Kitt
Don’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me. Eartha Kitt
If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money.
The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that. Eartha Kitt
I’ve never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don’t take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions. Eartha Kitt
The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it.
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. Eartha Kitt
The stage floor was a stage of thin ice for me to tread. To hold my own or to sink through and die, never to be remembered.
Greed can be very dangerous because you sacrifice your soul for the sake of something material, and then you start sacrificing people in order to keep that which is material. Eartha Kitt
Listen to the silence of nature as well as her sounds.
It’s best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse. Eartha Kitt
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
I’m very happy with what the gods have given me. I take life as she presents herself to me, and whatever you see in my face is what I have earned. Eartha Kitt
I am always trying to eat the right kind of foods that are going to keep me health
I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself. Eartha Kitt
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. Eartha Kitt.
Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever. Eartha Kitt
I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me. Eartha Kitt.
Sometimes it’s good to fall down to see who will pick you up. Eartha Kitt
I think they’re great. I think there’s nothing in the world more beautiful than falling in love. But falling in love for the right reason. Falling in love for the right purpose. Eartha Kitt.
Don’t depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things. Eartha Kitt
It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit. Eartha Kitt.
The thing that hurts, that became anger, was when I realized that if you tell the truth, in a country that says you’re entitled to tell the truth, you get your face slapped and you get put out of work. Eartha Kitt
A cat is a cat. She has no race, creed or color. Eartha Kitt.
Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected Eartha Kitt
I don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly. Eartha Kitt.
My house was bugged. They couldn’t find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don’t like some of the things the government is doing. Eartha Kitt
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. Eartha Kitt.
I’m a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don’t trust diamonds and gold. Eartha Kitt
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth. Eartha Kitt.
If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money. Eartha Kitt
Dallas is where Kennedy was shot, and that’s where I was put in jail. Eartha Kitt.
As you’ve witnessed, Catwoman is the ultimate diva. From the pages of comic books to both small and big screens, Catwoman continues to evolve and mature like a true cat. Catwoman, is a unique breed, never taking the same form twice. But whatever form she takes, she’ll always reign supreme. A dog maybe man’s best friend, but a cat is everyone’s favourite feline fatale. Eartha Kitt
I said to the president’s wife, Vietnam is the main reason we are having trouble with the youth of America. It is a war without explanation or reason. Eartha Kitt.
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that. Eartha Kitt
Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland. Eartha Kitt.
I’ve always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land. Eartha Kitt
The biggest family in the world is my fans.
I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute. Eartha Kitt
Thank God you’ve got a sense of humor, or you’d be in trouble. Eartha Kitt
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth. Eartha Kitt
Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense. Eartha Kitt
I love to tease men with my legs. Eartha Kitt
It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit. Eartha Kitt
I am supposed to be, according to what I am told, one of the children of the cotton plantation owner’s sons. If I could prove that, I’d own the whole goddamn everything. Eartha Kitt
When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody’s business but ours. What we do in private is our private business. Eartha Kitt
People these days are thinking less and drinking more. Eartha Kitt
I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me. Eartha Kitt
I fight for other people better than I fight for myself. Eartha Kitt
I’ve never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don’t take that sort of risk, you learn nothing. Eartha Kitt
I don’t go for very handsome men. Like they say in England, toy boys break too easily. Eartha Kitt
I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away. Eartha Kitt
The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it. Eartha Kitt
I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer. Eartha Kitt
Staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that. Eartha Kitt
You don’t move just because you want to go from this point to that point the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words. Eartha Kitt
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions. Eartha Kitt
I love men and I like to get their attention. Eartha Kitt
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. Eartha Kitt
Young ghetto boys thought that in this society, the good guys lost and the bad guys won. Eartha Kitt
I still can’t go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there. Eartha Kitt
In essence, I’m a sophisticated cotton picker. Eartha Kitt
Don’t make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things. Eartha Kitt
I am the original Material Girl. Eartha Kitt
Greed can be very dangerous because you sacrifice your soul for the sake of something material, and then you start sacrificing people in order to keep that which is material. Eartha Kitt
I don’t have to have the biggest house or the biggest car or the longest mink, but quality of life is really glamorous. Eartha Kitt
I don’t have to have the biggest house or the biggest car or the longest mink, but quality of life is really glamorous. Eartha Kitt
Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn’t supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat. Eartha Kitt
Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere because you have to be watching it all the time. Eartha Kitt
If you’re looking for immediate rewards, you’re only looking for the money. Eartha Kitt
Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world. Eartha Kitt
I’ve always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land. Eartha Kitt
Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense. Eartha Kitt
I love men, and I like to get their attention. Eartha Kitt
Let’s take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty Eartha Kitt
I love to tease men with my legs. Eartha Kitt
I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret. Eartha Kitt
A man has always wanted to lay me down, but he never wanted to pick me up. Eartha Kitt
A cat is a cat. She has no race creed or collar. Eartha Kitt
I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer. Eartha Kitt
I’ve always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go. Eartha Kitt
I was considered an ugly duckling Eartha Kitt
Thank God you’ve got a sense of humor, or you’d be in trouble. Eartha Kitt
In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act. Eartha Kitt
When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody’s business but ours. What we do in private is our private business. Eartha Kitt
The public has become my fairy godmother. Eartha Kitt
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. Eartha Kitt
I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away. Eartha Kitt
I have to keep testing myself. Eartha Kitt
