Littauer Quotes

#1. Our children do not need a makeover, they just need to be understood. If you understand their emotional needs now, you can save them a lifetime of searching for what they never had as a child.

Florence Littauer

#2. I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky.

Bill Watterson

#3. Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.

Florence Littauer

#4. I am an organization freak!

Khloe Kardashian

#5. I considered, quite seriously, strangling her to death while I fucked her and then throwing myself in front of the 8:11 bus. The idea was not without its logic and appeal. But there were the bus driver's feelings to consider ...

Jonathan Franzen

#6. For some, transformation comes quickly, but for most of us, the changes are gradual.

Florence Littauer

#7. Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and 'must have-once-been-beautiful' begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.

Paulina Porizkova

#8. The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again.

Florence Littauer

#9. The images of Myth are reflections of Spiritual and Depth potentialities of every one of us. Through contemplating those we evoke those powers in our own lives to operate through ourselves.

Joseph Campbell

#10. So often we think that to be encouragers we have to produce great words of wisdom when, in fact, a few simple syllables of sympathy and an arm around the shoulder can often provide much needed comfort.

Florence Littauer

#11. The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.

Florence Littauer

#12. Since we started, Chris and I had theatrical ambitions.

Neil Tennant