Quotes by Eartha Kitt

About Eartha Kitt:

Eartha Mae Kitt was an American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, stand-up comedian, activist and voice artist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits. She starred in 1967 as Catwoman, in the third and final season of the television series Batman. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".
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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

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

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

Eartha Kitt

People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.

Eartha Kitt

Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.

Eartha Kitt

I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.

Eartha Kitt

Even as a child, I found a way to survive.

Eartha Kitt

I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.

Eartha Kitt

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

Eartha Kitt

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

Eartha Kitt

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.

Eartha Kitt

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

Eartha Kitt

I was considered an ugly duckling.

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I have to keep testing myself.

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

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

Eartha Kitt

You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.

Eartha Kitt

I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made me - not any one particular group. So I don't think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have.

Eartha Kitt

Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.

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

I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.

Eartha Kitt

Author Bio

  • NameEartha Kitt
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornJanuary 17, 1927
  • DiedDecember 25, 2008
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsAnnie Award