Marie Claire Quotes

#1. There is no distance greater than the thickness of a human skull."

2000 Miles for Dinner, Marie Claire

Peter Birkenhead

#2. I knew I was artistic, and I wanted to do something in the arts.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#3. It's sad that bad things have to happen in order for us to stop and look around.

Megan Duke

#4. I cook. I did the Escoffier course in Paris when I was 21 in one of those periods when it was like a pause. I can cook anything Italian, Chinese.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#5. A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.

Hugh Carey

#6. It's so important to adapt, think outside the box, and stay ahead if you want to grow.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#7. A lot of people judge me because I like to, you know, look good, but I grew up in fashion.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#8. I like wearing classic pieces with a modern twist.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#9. Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It's like a conspiracy.

Jim Henson

#10. The flames of their passion illuminated the dimly lit room, filling it with a blazing fire which was either brilliantly beautiful or dangerously violent.

S.R. Crawford

#11. I had a fundamental love of fashion, of products and accessories. I loved the merchandising side of it and understanding how to maximize sales.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#12. Every summer my father gave us this incredible vacation, in the Philippines, Thailand, Europe - wherever.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#13. I love to dress up. You have to have a sense of fun in life, too. We can all be serious and work and do our bit, but every now and again you have to have a good giggle.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#14. It's important to dress our children well. I have some wonderful memories from my childhood, and so much is associated with what I was wearing. If you look good, you feel good - simple.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#15. I have a lot of social engagements, and I like to dress up for them. I try to wear what I feel comfortable in, as self-confidence is so much about how you look. Generally, I love to wear long dresses; they make you feel special.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#16. Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Henri Frederic Amiel

#17. It was such an idyllic time when I grew up in Hong Kong. It was a British colony and very much geared towards buying the best of Britain. My childhood does have a huge influence on how we design. There must be a little bit of that nostalgia - childhood is so special.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#18. I'm a third-culture child. It's an interesting concept. Having an American father, a South American mother, born in England, grew up in Hong Kong, went to school in Europe - it makes me a third-culture child, which means you take on the culture of the place where you live. So I'm very adaptable.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#19. I was spending most of my summers in Greece when I was a little girl, and at boarding school my first room-mate was Greek, so I guess I kind of had that Greek destiny.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#20. When there is no bread and even when there is we should eat our fill of one another.

Marie-Claire Blais

#21. Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now.

Marion Jones

#22. I'm so proud of this show and I'm really stoked that fans were so enthusiastic about the show so quickly. I mean, I got recognized for 'Arrow' at the airport when I was headed to Vancouver to shoot the second episode. That was kind of crazy.

Willa Holland

#23. Earnest Freethinkers need not worry themselves so much about the persecutions of the past. Before the Liberal idea is dead or triumphant we shall see wars and persecutions the like of which the world has never seen.

G.K. Chesterton

#24. I think it's very important to have the stewardship of a company by a family member.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#25. One of the most important forms of heroism is the heroism of conciousness, the heroism of thought: the willingness to tolerate aloneness.

Nathaniel Branden

#26. Most little boys like to dress like their daddies.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#27. There has been a lot of movement in my family, but in a way, it has been great. It has made me adaptable. I can plonk myself anywhere.

Marie-Chantal Claire

#28. If I could choose any car in the world, I'd get a Lamborghini, but I think that's a bit too much money. I'll start off with maybe a V8 or something.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

#29. Women and men are lost in the same labyrinth .. on different floors.

Bogdan Vaida

#30. but when you were down, some guys just seemed to feel an urge to walk up your back and plant a foot on your neck instead of helping you to stand. It was lousy, but so much of human nature was.

Stephen King

#31. I always did healthy things. I didn't sit around in nightclubs. Sure, I had my fair share of fun, but no one could ever accuse me of being a dilettante and doing nothing. I was always on this unbelievable quest to go and do.

Marie-Chantal Claire