Eartha Kitt Quotes

I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger.

The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it.

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.

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.

A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.

I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me.

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.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

I stayed on my own path and did not follow the herd. I made a way for myself.

It's best if you can do things with a sense of humor and finesse.

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.

Sometimes it's good to fall down to see who will pick you up.

Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever.

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.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected

I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

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.

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.

A cat is a cat. She has no race creed or collar.

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.

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

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.