Martha Stewart Quotes - Page 3

I want to focus on my salad.

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.

I live in the same house I’ve lived in for 25 years. I haven’t gone off and bought mansions, you know, even though my subject is living… living in a mansion wouldn’t do for my readers. I have to keep my credibility alive with my readers, so we’re in the same place. I just make that place nicer and nicer. And… and that’s a secret. And people don’t know that. People think, oh, she lives in this fabulous place, it’s the same old place. It started out like a farm, it got to be a farmette, then it got to be an estatelet. I built a wall, it helped a lot. But it’s the same place, the same grounded nature.

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers.

That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To avoid it is avoidance. We're not going to avoid things.

Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.

The subject matter that I am really spending my time on has become an acceptable subject matter. Living, lifestyle, family, is now in the forefront of interest in America, and I've just stuck with it. I mean, I've been doing this for years, and I never got angry. I never said, you know, listen, I'm fighting for this subject. That wasn't my point. My point was to continue working in a subject matter, knowing full well that finally it would be recognized as a viable subject once again.

Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention.

I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of people many different kinds of things.

The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it's a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that's used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing.

I'm a maniacal perfectionist.

I'm never sick. Why get sick? It's a waste of time.

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.

We actually have some gay people that work with us, and we have a lot of friends that are gay, too, and I know that this song has inspired them... I know that coming out was tough on their parents and on them and the whole entire family. For a long time, some of them didn't get to hear 'I love you' from their dads or be accepted in that way. ... It's helped a lot of our friends... We don't judge anybody's lives.

When I was incarcerated at Alderson in West Virginia for a five-month term, they had a ceramics class.

I was married for 30 years. Isn't that enough? I've had my share of dirty underwear on the floor.

Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.

I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.

I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.

You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult.

I must reclaim my good life and I must return to my good works.

Who are these bloggers? They're not trained editors at Vogue magazine. There are bloggers writing recipes that aren't tested that aren't necessarily very good, or are copies of what really good editors have created and done. Bloggers create a kind of a popularity but they are not the experts. We have to understand that.