Top 62 Quotes by Eartha Kitt

Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.

I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.

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

I was a street dancer.

I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.

I used to teach dance lessons.

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

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

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.