Shonda Rhimes Quotes

I'd split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home.

Shonda Rhimes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

HomeDaughterBabyWorldTopScared

A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be.

Jessica Valenti

WomenWomanMotherhoodPlaceVirtue

When I heard the news that Steve Jobs had died, my mind flashed back to 1985, when I began my love affair with computers. I was stationed in Moscow for The Associated Press, and I ordered an Apple IIc - by Telex - from a department store in Helsinki, Finland. They express-shipped it to me, a month later, by train.

Andrew Rosenthal

LoveMindMeComputersBackApple

I cry for a lot of good things that happen. I cry a lot, okay?

Meghan Trainor

GoodGood ThingsCryOkayHappen

I do not want America to default on its debt.

Jeb Hensarling

AmericaWantDebtDefault

To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.

Jann Wenner

FearBusinessInsecurityInsanity

I just enjoy the ride while I have it.

Jorge Garcia

RideEnjoyJustWhile

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.

Donald Rumsfeld

FamilyBusinessHelpTryingYou

Anybody that lives in America and has parents with a moderate amount of wealth can be spoiled. I see it every day - kids who are just running their parents over to get what they want because kids are smart, and they know they can manipulate their parents.

Wyatt Russell

DaySmartParentsAmericaEvery Day

But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance.

Pierre Loti

VisionDarknessBuildingBetterTrue

I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew I wanted to do it, and that intention got me there and kept me there.

Susanna Thompson

CollegeMeIntentionActorAlways

In L.A., everyone is in their car all the time, so you're used to not interacting with people for the majority of the day, and it kind of trickles into nightlife and all that. People stay within their circles and there's no real mingling to be had.

Shenae Grimes

CarTimeDayPeopleYouKind

I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

Sergei Bubka

AloneI AmPeopleMeHelpI Can

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Shonda Rhimes