Patricia Heaton Quotes

This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.

Patricia Heaton

• Kids
• Nice
• Need
• Just Because

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• A novel is not a rant.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Novel
  • Rant

• Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Kids
  • Parents
  • Value

• These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • Kind
  • Project
  • Days

• I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.

  

  FKA twigs
  • People
  • Fun
  • Attention

• I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Responsibility

• You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Reality
  • You
  • Find

• Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • People
  • Children
  • Think

• All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.

  

  Eddie Campbell
  • Political
  • Me
  • Doing

• I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Means
  • Ambitious
  • Take Care

• It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • People
  • Great
  • Play

• If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.

  

  Rachel Johnson
  • Why
  • Truth
  • Trouble

• I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Up
  • Family
  • Friends

• I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Myself
  • Always
  • Himself

• What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.

  

  Ovid
  • Love
  • Woman
  • For Her

• I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Game
  • Know
  • Angry

• Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence.

  

  Malcolm D. Lee
  • Presence
  • Holidays
  • Sharing

• I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year.

  

  Dan Wheldon
  • Proud
  • Right
  • Part

• I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!

  

  Hannah Cowley
  • Life
  • Time
  • Late

• People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • People
  • Rock
  • Gay

• The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken the steps needed for American beef to make its way back into the Japanese market.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
  • Good
  • Long
  • Friends

• When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

  

  Brandi Chastain
  • Game
  • Team
  • College

• I bite the hell out of my fingernails. I can't stop. I should stop. It would be nice to grow my fingernails out. It would be healthier. I could pick up dimes.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
  • Up
  • Stop
  • Nice

• Call waiting was, for me, that was like the best invention ever, because there was four kids in my family, and to get on the phone was impossible.

  

  Maggie Carey
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Best

• This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.

  

  Patricia Heaton
  • Kids
  • Nice
  • Need