Katharine Whitehorn
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn (born 1926) is a very quotable British journalist, writer, and columnist known for her wit and humor and as a keen observer of women in their times. She was educated at Roedean School, Brighton and Newnham College, Cambridge. She worked as a columnist for The Observer in London from 1960 until 1996. She also served as the rector of the University of St Andrews from 1982-1985. Since 1997 she has written a monthly column for Saga Magazine. She was married to novelist Gavin Lyall from 1958 until his death in 2003. They have two children.
6 Quotes
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
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
— 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
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
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
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