It's sort of the American way to go up and down the ladder, maybe several times in a lifetime. Martha Stewart More Quotes by Martha Stewart More Quotes From Martha Stewart You have to focus on what's important to you and go for it. But don't stab people in the back. It poisons your whole life if you're like that. Martha Stewart focusimportantpeople It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse. Martha Stewart fastertechniquesteps I used to wear real fur, but, like many others, I had a change of heart when I learned what actually happens to the animals. Martha Stewart realheartanimal I have a lot of energy. I have a great desire to absorb information. I’m not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at — just walking around Williamsburg, for example — is a great opportunity for ideas. I’ve been here before, I’ve seen things before, but now my eye gets keener and keener. So I can pick up little things: just the pattern of a brick walk, or the way they’ve attached a light to a house. Martha Stewart learningeyeopportunity As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother. Martha Stewart petmotheranimal I never pay attention to age or gender. There are just too many other more important things to consider. Martha Stewart importantageattention I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. Martha Stewart motivationalinspirationallife Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. Martha Stewart double-mindedopen-mindedsuccess All the things I love is what my business is all about. Martha Stewart things-i-lovebusinesslove-is I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time. Martha Stewart napstimethinking When I got married and had a child and went to work, my day was all day, all night. You lose your sense of balance. That was in the late '60s, '70s, women went to work, they went crazy. They thought the workplace was much more exciting than the home. They thought the family could wait. And you know what? The family can't wait. And women have now found that out. It all has to do with women, or the homemaker leaving the home and realizing that where they've gone is not as fabulous, or as rewarding, or as self-fulfilling as the balance between the workplace and the home place. Martha Stewart crazysuccesschildren I love Champagne and I love to drink it out of any kind of beautiful glass. Martha Stewart glasseswinebeautiful I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas. Martha Stewart opportunitylooksideas I'm a maniacal perfectionist. And if I weren't, I wouldn't have this company... I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos. Martha Stewart creatingpassionbook I must reclaim my good life and I must return to my good works. Martha Stewart good-lifereturnmistake That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To avoid it is avoidance. We're not going to avoid things. Martha Stewart realityyearsthinking The more you adapt, the more interesting you are. Martha Stewart adapting-to-changeability-to-adaptinteresting I always disagreed with the separation of the name and the brand and the person To build on that name and brand is one thing. To divorce the name and the brand from the person was not an approach that I agreed with. Martha Stewart separationdivorcenames Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding. Martha Stewart executivesfairswells I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before. Martha Stewart running
