Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.
Katharine Whitehorn

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

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

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.
Katharine Whitehorn

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done.
Katharine Whitehorn

The great rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.
Katharine Whitehorn

When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.
Katharine Whitehorn