Martha Stewart Quotes

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

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

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

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

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

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

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

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

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

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

I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it's not important. I have an exciting existence, and there's so much to do.

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 think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years.

I want to focus on my salad.

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

It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There's no difference in how seriously you take the job, how seriously you approach your whole life.

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

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

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

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through.

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

Being a perfectionist is not an evil thing.

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

The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.

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

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

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

To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

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

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

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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