Jennifer McCartney > Quotes

“If you ever go to any event ever, for any reason, they will give you a tote bag. Medical conference? Tote bag. Wedding? Tote bag. Syrian refugee arriving in Canada? Maple leaf tote bag. My orthodontist gave me a tote bag. And a t-shirt. Which I put in the tote bag.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

“Unless you’re a recovering alcoholic or Mormon or have liver problems, you should always have booze in the house. We were once invited to an acquaintance’s place for brunch and they offered us green tea and salad and it was a fucking nightmare.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

“you don’t have to do everything or be all things to everyone.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy

“Golden Rule: If you like cats, you should have a bunch.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

“The otter philosophy is all about embracing the realization that we're all being carried along together in this river of life, morphing, developing, growing, ageing, giving birth, having surgeries, getting sick and getting better, gaining weight and losing it and constantly evolving into newer bodies that are a bit different from the ones we had before.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Little Book Of Otter Philosophy

“Books are not clutter, no matter what some book about getting organized may tell you. Literally no one has ever walked into a library and been like, What a fucking mess.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

“Too many words and your brain can’t concentrate. Too much multi-tasking and you’ll forget stuff. Guess what? If you forget things you can look them up online.”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

“Embrace symbioses. We all have purpose and we all depend on one another”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy

“A lesson to all of us that what looks like laziness is often just the most efficient way of doing things”
― Jennifer McCartney, The Little Book of Sloth Philosophy