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Famous Katharine Whitehorn Quotes

“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

Decoding the West, from Sunday Best (1976)

“There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.”

Katharine Whitehorn

The Observer (London, Oct. 30, 1988)

“The best careers advice given to the young … is "Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it."”

Katharine Whitehorn

<span title="New York Public Library card required, can be requested online at http://nypl.org">"The Ten-Hour Week is Here to Stay,"</span> http://search.proquest.com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/hnpguardianobserver/docview/476248113/fulltextPDF/2EA0FBE19E60470DPQ/1 from The Observer (London, January 19, 1975 http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/guardian/doc/476248113.html)

“People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don't try to predict what.”

Katharine Whitehorn

Of the English climate, from The Observer (London, Aug. 7, 1966)

“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

Are You Sitting Comfortably?, from Observations (1970)