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

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
Eartha Kitt

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

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

I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute.
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 used to teach dance lessons.
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'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

Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
Eartha Kitt


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

Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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

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

The public has become my fairy godmother.
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

This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
Eartha Kitt

We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
Eartha Kitt