Suzy Menkes (Suzy Peta Menkes) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
-
I learn from Larry Ellison every day. I've said this before: how is it to work with someone who thinks out of the box? Larry doesn't see the walls at all; he does not see the box. He is an absolute, true visionary. And to be honest, I always find myself in a box! I'm comfy in my box. I've furnished it; it's lovely.
-
I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
-
I didn't start working out until college. But in college I could feel my body changing, and I knew that if I didn't make some changes, I was going to go in the wrong direction.
-
Getting divorced didn't sour me on the institution of marriage. I'll tell you what I'll never do: I'll never get divorced again.
-
I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
-
My dad met my mom at Casper College in the orientation line. He studied business and eventually transferred to the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
-
Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
-
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
-
Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
-
I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.
-
I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y.
-
Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
-
I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.
-
My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.
-
There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.
-
I love my fans, so when I get the chance to interact with them, it's beautiful.
-
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
-
And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm's length whenever possible.
-
My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
-
To be happy, make other people happy.
-
If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.
-
If one person is spending all of their income on clothes, travel, hobbies, and entertaining, and one person is saving it, that may not be quite fair if and when you guys split up, depending on what the law is and what you decided to do.
-
The clothes most worn by people are the clothes least commented on by the press.
