Judith Ortiz Cofer Famous Quotes & Sayings

I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet. — Tom Jones

I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful. — Naomie Harris

I had no idea what I was doing and I faked it and it worked — Dave Grohl

People stopping you in the street, though, is very different from being hounded by the press, which is the kind of attention that celebrities get, and I'm probably too old for that kind of thing to happen anyway. I think it happens more when you're dating all sorts of different very handsome actors or something. They want gossip and scandal, and they know they're not going to get it from me because I'm too old to be scandalous. Of course, they could read the book - although it's not really a scandalous book. — Grace Coddington

Never have ideas about children, and never have ideas for them. — George Orwell

Popular culture has made it okay to yell "I want a man!" from the rooftops, so why are we still embarrassed to say, "I want a best friend"? — Rachel Bertsche

Recognition without money will not get you recognised. — Habeeb Akande

Today's today. Tomorrow we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity. — Euripides

The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categorized in any type of way. There's enough content to go around, and if we stop focusing on numbers and start focusing on the quality of the project, then I think everybody - viewers and artists alike - is going to be a lot happier. — Natalie Zea

It is striking that even some who clearly have solid doctrinal and spiritual convictions frequently fall into a lifestyle which leads to an attachment to financial security, or to a desire for power or human glory at all cost, rather than giving their lives to others in mission. — Pope Francis

I've always wanted to believe God made me this way for a reason."
"I am the reason. — Tiffany Reisz

He doesn't look like the type who's into cookies anyway. — Koushun Takami

If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fuckin' up — Ani DiFranco

The old fashioned family physician and general practitioner ... was a splendid figure and useful person in his day; but he was badly trained, he was often ignorant, he made many mistakes, for one cannot by force of character and geniality of person make a diagnosis of appendicitis, or recognize streptococcus infection. — Charles Loomis Dana