Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.

Diane von Furstenberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: designer
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: December 31, 1946

Topics

LifeMotherBe StrongPeopleMeShe

I would take a bomb, but I can't stand the noise.

Joe E. Lewis

StandNoiseTakeWouldBomb

My hats off to anybody filming action, because you get beat up. If I'm going to get the crap kicked out of me, I would love 15,000 people on hand to tell me that I'm doing good or I'm doing bad. So, if I'm going to be in any physical duress, I'd really like it to be in a WWE ring, which is why I was so amped to be a part of 'Trainwreck.'

John Cena

LoveGoodPeopleMeActionDoing

Fashion is not art. Never.

Jean Paul Gaultier

ArtFashionNever

Several paranoid suspicions occurred to me, the worst of which was that my whole identity was merely a patched-together set of behaviors designed to keep my parents joined to each other - the repertoire of tricks of a small but intelligent dog.

Amity Gaige

DogIdentityParentsMeSmallWorst

I always say that as a Christian I cannot find any passage in the Gospels in which Jesus condemned homosexuality.

Troy Perry

ChristianFindSayAlwaysCannot

The way I try to simplify my job is that I have two lists - I have a list of all the crazy, interesting problems that I get to solve every day or that need to be solved, and I have a crazy list of things I'd like to invent. And I kind of just prioritize them and work my way down, and try to simplify what I do when managing a big company.

Travis Kalanick

WorkDayJobCrazyProblemsDown

It's not about creating something that eight billion people would like. It's about creating something and being able to reach the maybe, like, one million people that would like it a lot.

Tomi Adeyemi

PeopleReachCreatingSomethingAble

Money is the most corrosive aspect of life today because it means that all attention to detail is forgotten.

Roberto Cavalli

LifeTodayMoneyDetailAttention

Lyft is focused on the customer - the driver - as GM is. I've talked many times about our goal being, 'How we can put the customer at the center of what we do so we earn customers for life?' It's a very common goal of putting the customer first.

Mary Barra

LifeCustomerGoalFocusedFirst

I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling.

Julia Stiles

LifeLoveCharacterGreatBlueShe

I've stood up in front of America for 25 years, and I wish I could bring everybody into my home that I have touched in my career. That would be an amazing thing.

Joy Mangano

HomeAmazingAmericaWishCareerUp

I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It's not that you say, 'I want to write a science fiction book.' You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it.

Doris Lessing

ScienceStartBookEndProblemYou

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