Jeanette Winterson Quotes
The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.
Quotes to Explore
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
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Writers are so important.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.
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I was so lucky to have parents who supported me, 100%, with whatever I was doing, both financially and emotionally. Having that they made my life so much easier. Instead of becoming a bartender and trying to survive while trying to pursue your dreams, I didn't have to worry about that aspect. I could just pursue my dreams.
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In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math.
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I like to have sleepovers.
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I'm a very determined businesswoman... I've got lots of things to do, and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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In business, the market gives you feedback in real time. Your sales figures tell you what's working, what isn't, and how you need to change. If you don't listen to the feedback, you go belly up. In philanthropy, there is no market.
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The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.
