Francine Jay Quotes

#1. surfaces are not for storage. Rather, surfaces are for activity, and should be kept clear at all other times.

Francine Jay

#2. Great men exist that there may be greater men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#3. The problem: we put more value on our stuff than on our space

Francine Jay

#4. Remember, the things with which we choose to surround ourselves tell our story. Let's hope it's not "I choose to live in the past," or "I can't finish the projects I start." Instead, let's aim for something like, "I live lightly and gracefully, with only the objects I find functional or beautiful.

Francine Jay

#5. I think I have learnt something of the value of stillness. I don't fret so much; I laugh at myself more often; I don't laugh at others. I live life at my own pace. Like a banyan tree. Is this wisdom, or is it just old age?

Ruskin Bond

#6. I wouldn't just come home from school and watch TV everyday, they had me involved in lots of local theatre. I was a very dramatic, talkative child. And that was part of my mother's creative solution - to put me in workshops and classes and children's theatre programmes.

Kerry Washington

#7. Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

Indro Montanelli

#8. Your home is living space, not storage space.

Francine Jay

#9. Rory did not want her.
After devoting so much effort to avoid being wed to a man she did not want, she found herself bound to a man who did not want her.

Margaret Mallory

#10. Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#11. My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.

Francine Jay

#12. It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money.

Rand Paul

#13. Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. Then, when a door opens - a positive avalanche pours in. One moment, you have nothing, the next, you have more than you can cope with.

Paulo Coelho

#14. Remember: you are not what you own. Storing all those books doesn't make you any smarter; it just makes your life more cluttered.

Francine Jay

#15. Why do everything perfectly? Isn't perfection just an illusion? Tell me if it's an illusion if they don't fix your car perfectly next time you bring it in.

Frederick Lenz

#16. You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are.

Alan Bates

#17. The beach is a virtual strand-to-sand buffet of hot chicks, and these girls are always ready for a party..

A.J. Linn

#18. We are not what we own; we are what we do, what we think and who we love.

Francine Jay

#19. It's the coolest feeling signing your record. And it's great when people come to your shows and know the words to the new songs.

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