Kathleen Flinn Quotes & Sayings

I'm a woman; in so many ways I've been programmed to please. I took the job and spent time hunkered over figures, budgets, charts, and fiscal-year projections. I tried, but I hated it.
"Working at a job you don't like is the same as going to prison every day," my father used to say. He was right. I felt imprisoned by an impressive title, travel, perks, and a good salary. On the inside, I was miserable and lonely, and I felt as if I was losing myself. I spent weekends working on reports no one read, and I gave presentations that I didn't care about. It made me feel like a sellout and, worse, a fraud.
Now set free, like any inmate I had to figure out what to do with the rest of my life. — Kathleen Flinn

You can't hurry love, and you can't rush puff pastry, either. You can knead too much, and you can be too needy. Always, warmth is what brings pastry to rise. Chemistry creates something amazing; coupled with care and heat, it works some kind of magic to create this satisfying, welcoming, and nourishing thing that is the base of life. — Kathleen Flinn

Living is like driving," my grandmother used to say. "You have to pick a lane." Have I chosen the right lane? It feels like this place, this moment in time, lies exactly halfway between my past and my future. — Kathleen Flinn

I don't have to tell you I love you. I fed you pancakes. — Kathleen Flinn

The sharper your knife, the less you cry ... for me, it also means cutting those things that get in the way of your passion and living your life the way it is meant to be lived. — Kathleen Flinn

Don't forget, taste, taste, taste. — Kathleen Flinn

You're only limited by your passion and your imagination. Be open to the possibilities, take chances. — Kathleen Flinn

An emperor walks with his court through many fields of roses until they come to a barren spot. There he sees one rose. "It's the most beautiful rose I've ever seen!" the emperor cries. Those walking with him point out that he'd just been through a field of similar roses. "Yes, but THIS one I can see. — Kathleen Flinn

Find something you believe in. Then, just do it. That's what matters. — Kathleen Flinn

Vous perdez votre temps! (You're wasting your time.) — Kathleen Flinn

I didn't start cooking until I was thirty-two. Until then, I just ate. - Julia Child — Kathleen Flinn

If you believe that life should be full of adventure , then you have to willing to let your kids have them, too. — Kathleen Flinn

As in cooking, living requires that you taste, taste, taste as you go along. — Kathleen Flinn