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
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
The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. – Katharine Whitehorn
The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you. – Katharine Whitehorn
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat. – 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
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. – 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
The best career advice to give to the young is, ‘Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.’ – Katharine Whitehorn
Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they’ll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer. – Katharine Whitehorn
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
Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing? – Katharine Whitehorn
The great rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you. – Katharine Whitehorn
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
Why do born-again people so often make you wish they’d never been born the first time? – Katharine Whitehorn
