Margo Kaufman Quotes

#1. Show dogs and their handlers remind me of Brooke Shields and her mother: an incredibly disheveled person tethered to an impeccably groomed animal.

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#2. I have never enjoyed an experience that begins at five A.M.

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#3. No effort based on love is wasted.

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#4. The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor.

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#5. We are living in the era of the busybody. In ancient Greece, if a person wanted guidance, it involved a long, arduous expensive journey to consult the oracle at Delphi. Today, if you want guidance, all you have to do is unplug your ears.

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#6. Remarriage is an excellent test of just how amicable your divorce was.

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#7. How strange, that when you are away, I reach for my cell phone's buzz as if it were your hand. Each shiver in my pocket, a way to find you.

Sarah Kay

#8. During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting a chess club during the late afternoon or evening to relax and find relief from the preoccupations of their work.

Jose Raul Capablanca

#9. Probably is not a word I like to hear when I'm talking about our chances of recouping a huge investment.

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#10. Call me an alarmist, but there are certain words I don't like to hear together: cheap fireplace, discount brakes, cut-rate surgery ...

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#11. It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.

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#12. Trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurse hands you a box of tissues, it generates a $5 charge on your bill. But you still have to pay.

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#13. I found the right (Valentine) card to send her. On the cover there were hearts, and it said, "Here's hoping you'll soon have something big and strong around the house to open those tight jar lids." Inside was a picture of a pipe wrench.

Barbara Kingsolver

#14. Truth is funnier than most things you can make up.

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#15. Los Angeles: A city I like because it's easy to tell who the strange people are.

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#16. Who's famous anymore? No one. There are these comedians that are famous in a weird way. There are comedians, like Anjelah Johnson and Russell Peters, [who] are unbelievably famous, but in a way they're selling out 1,000-person stadiums.

Moshe Kasher

#17. If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.

Alexei Sayle

#18. I suppose that in a dark room, even a dim bulb feels bright.

David Marusek

#19. I think bad taste should be a felony.

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#20. A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like rings on a tree.

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#21. I asked my vet what kind of dog he'd get. He told me, 'I'd get a Chihuahua, because when it died, I wouldn't care.

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#22. One person's mess is merely another person's filing system.

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#23. But a hobby, like a habit, makes you forget about important things in life.

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#24. My husband says that I'm afraid of heights, but that's not true. What I'm afraid of is falling.

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#25. I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice? 'Margo, don't be a sheep.People hate sheep. They eat sheep.'

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#26. There is a transcendent awareness, a Big Mind, a Big Heart, present and readily accessible to each and every one of us. When we realize it, we see it is the source of true peace, happiness, satisfaction, courage and joy.

Dennis Merzel

#27. Anyone who believes that men and women have the same mind-set hasn't lived on earth. A man thinks that everything he does is wonderful, that the sun rises and sets around him. But a woman has doubts.

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#28. Blueprints are like pets and children
difficult to appreciate or understand unless they're yours.

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#29. Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov

#30. The rocks will melt with the sun before tuition fees are introduced in Scotland.

Alex Salmond

#31. Sounds to me like you're praying Violet, not wishing. When we wish, it's usually for something frivolous...Something not serious. Like what you want for your birthday. Prayers are for more serious things." -Mom

Brenda Woods

#32. House guests (I don't care who they are, how much I like them, or how long it's been since I last saw them) are pests, much like roaches and mice. But there are differences. You can trap roaches and mice. And they don't want you to drive them to Disneyland.

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#33. The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

Robert Zoellick

#34. With a car there is always a problem.

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#35. I think it's important to have some documentation of the past.

Henry Rollins

#36. Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.

Joseph Heller

#37. I noticed vaguely that I was getting so's I could see
some good in the life around me.

Ken Kesey

#38. Remodeling is like pulling a loose thread on a cheap sweater - the job keeps unraveling.

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#39. Be a follower. Be a leader. Learn what it means to be both. Don't follow a follower. Follow your heart. Be careful of frauds. They are all around us.

Sadiqua Hamdan