Margaret Heffernan Quotes
Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.
Quotes to Explore
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I don't mind doing the green-screen stuff at all, and in fact it's a lot like black-box theater, which I did plenty of in New York.
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I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
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I was a monkey child. I was like a clown.
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I burned down my dorm room freshman year. I was that kid. When you live in small quarters with two guys, the smell in the room starts to take over a little bit. So we decided we wanted our room to smell like fresh baked cookies. So we order a cookie-dough-scented candle off eBay, and then we accidentally burn our room down with that candle.
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My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.
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Short fiction encourages experimentation, and it's fun to play with form and try experiments that may or may not work out.
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I felt as if I learned a few things. I learned that it's sometimes okay to think like a weenie, so long as you don't act like one—at least not all the time. I learned that it's okay to be wrong, as long as you can admit it and are willing to listen to those who may know better.
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.
