Martha Stewart Quotes

I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.

Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.

Our passion is and should always be to make life better.

I'm a maniacal perfectionist.

Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.

I - I try to do as much as I can, wherever I am. So, at the farm, I'm always thinking of some new project, some new thing I can do.

Each generation is smarter than the generation before, and they need total diversion and encouragement and things to think about.

It is within everyone's grasp to be a CEO.

I used to wear real fur, but, like many others, I had a change of heart when I learned what actually happens to the animals.

I can keep learning about all the different technologies. It's my most telling characteristic. I'm interested in trying anything new.

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.

I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.

As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.

I love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.

As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult. But I am safe, fit and healthy.

I invented 'It's a good thing' before you were even born.

All the things I love is what my business is all about.

When you write a book, you're an expert, and people look at you in a different way.

Basement smells bad. Look for cat poops, change litter.

I was married for 30 years. Isn't that enough? I've had my share of dirty underwear on the floor.

The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining.

I don't think in a male or female way. I don't differentiate between male and female. I never have. I'm not considered a feminist.

I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.

I'm never sick. Why get sick? It's a waste of time.

I must reclaim my good life and I must return to my good works.

I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

I live in an old house with no closets and no built-ins. I hate big cupboards.

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

You can be the most beautiful person on Earth, and if you don't have a fitness or diet routine, you won't be beautiful.

Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.

You have to focus on what's important to you and go for it. But don't stab people in the back. It poisons your whole life if you're like that.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day.

Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention.

I'm kind of a complainer, but not about getting old. I complain about, you know, something that can be fixed.

Buttons are the fossils of the sartorial world, enduring long past the garments they were designed to hold together.

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.

I was a very curious person because of my parents. They encouraged me to be as curious about as many things as I wanted.

Your home should be a reflection of how you want to live right now, and for the next phase of your life.

A lot of TV people buy more than one of an item, in case they spot or stain it, but I don't like buying duplicates - it's wasteful.

I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.

When I was incarcerated at Alderson in West Virginia for a five-month term, they had a ceramics class.

Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding.

Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time.

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

Of course I know how to roll a joint.

I never pay attention to age or gender. There are just too many other more important things to consider.

Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.

I had a critical father. I'm more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companies.

I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my friends.

Write the book you'd want to read.

Drones can be useful tools, and I am all about useful tools. One of my mottos is 'the right tool for the right job.'

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

It's sort of the American way to go up and down the ladder, maybe several times in a lifetime.

There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: Passion

I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.

I'm very inspired by nature - you could say Mother Nature. I look at things around me and get all kinds of inspiration daily.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

The last place I would ever want to go is prison.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

I like knowing about everything, and I think that really helps me in my business.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.

Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards.

I'm not supposed to say it, but I was not guilty of any crime. I became a target because I was a strong and a rich woman who had been very successful.

I love Champagne and I love to drink it out of any kind of beautiful glass.

I want to focus on my salad.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

My dream ... was to be an eclectic knowledge-gathering person.

The ultimate goal is to be an interesting, useful, wholesome person. If you're successful on top of that, then you're way ahead of everybody.

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

I wish I were closer friends with Snoop Dogg.

I'm always on the lookout for those good, simple solutions to everyday problems.

I think that people want to know how to do practical and everyday things like how to get the pomegranate seeds out of a pomegranate.

I have done nothing wrong.

Every entrepreneur talks about the passion you have for your work, and I think that's what's missing with a lot of women in business.

I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.

I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.

I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.

I want you to know that I am innocent - and that I will fight to clear my name.

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

My daughter emails me. When your daughter starts to email you instead of talk to you ... It's horrible. You cannot forget human communication.