Margo Kaufman Browse All Authors Top 29 quotes by Margo Kaufman At the beginning of a remodel, money is everything, but as you go along, it becomes secondary to the vision. You can't have the house looking like a glorious jewel and leave the cracked linoleum or the icky light fixture, so you spend and spend and spend. Then one day it suddenly occurs to you that all that play money you've been throwing around is real - and it's in someone else's bank account. Margo Kaufman light real jewels Probably is not a word I like to hear when I'm talking about our chances of recouping a huge investment. Margo Kaufman money chance talking 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. Margo Kaufman men believe thinking Call me an alarmist, but there are certain words I don't like to hear together: cheap fireplace, discount brakes, cut-rate surgery. Margo Kaufman fireplaces cutting together But a hobby, like a habit, makes you forget about important things in life. Margo Kaufman hobbies things-in-life important Los Angeles: A city I like because it's easy to tell who the strange people are. Margo Kaufman strange cities people With a car there is always a problem. Margo Kaufman car problem In my experience, Cupid's arrows rarely strike two people with the same definition of cleanliness. One partner usually feels like he or she is being asked to live in a furniture exhibit in the British Museum. The other partner remains convinced that he or she is forced to contend with the human version of Hurricane Gilbert. Margo Kaufman arrows two museums The only thing worse than a man you can't control is a man you can. Margo Kaufman