The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.

There is practically no activity that cannot be enhanced or replaced by knitting, if you really want to get obsessive about it.

100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.

The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible consequences in knitting.

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.

There is no wrong way to knit. ... We should all agree to stop correcting each other and deal with the more important issue. How wrong crochet is.

SABLE- A common knitting acronym that stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy.

The chances of running out of yarn on a project are directly related to the difficulty that you will have getting more.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit

I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.

There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty and Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.

Naturally, I'm misanthropic. But the Negronis are helping considerably.

We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job.

A kiss is like a fight, with mouths.

The hand betrays the heart.

The memories which come to us through music are not accompanied by any regrets; for a moment music gives us back the pleasures it retraces, and we feel them again rather than recollect them.

Now it's time for India to steer ourselves, ride the waves and decide on our direction, destination and speed.

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.