Kathleen > Kathleen's Quotes

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
― John F. Kennedy

“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
― Tyra Banks

“It was so typical. Whenever Blair did anything nice for someone else, she usually regretted it.

Which kind of explained why she was such a bitch most of the time.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, Because I'm Worth It

“Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, I Like It Like That

“Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, Unforgettable

“You can't make people love you but you can make them fear you”
― Cecily von Ziegesar

“It really kind of sucked to be close to someone for so long and then suddenly not be anything anymore.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, Reckless

“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic

“If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ...”
― Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

“There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

“People who want to make a million borrow a million first”
― Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan

“All this time, I wasn't hungry for success, I was hungry.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Remember Me?

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“…This… ’stuff’? I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn’t it, who showed cerulean military jackets? …And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you’re wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.”
― Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. ”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs.”
― Andy Warhol

“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”
― George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

“We were given one country and we've set up in another.”
― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy