Ayelet Waldman Quotes

Before I was married, I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe, and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.

Ayelet Waldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: israeli
  • Birth: December 11, 1964

Topics

FailureFatherGrowing UpThought

Although in my life the level of loss has never reached the extremes it does in 'The Winter People,' I certainly can identify with being both a daughter longing for her mother and being a mother who is almost scared by the intensity of her love for her daughter.

Jennifer McMahon

LifeLoveWinterMotherDaughter

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.

Andy Dick

PeopleLittleWhoChristiansBoth

You know that thing where you're trying to do the crossword puzzle, and you're trying to fit the word that's in your head in the puzzle, and then you go 'Ugh!' and you walk away, and then it comes to you. I'm interested in that moment. The release of expectation, and the release of pleasing yourself and pleasing anybody. Breaking the mindset.

Jeffrey Tambor

MomentWalkYourselfPuzzleMindset

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

Jeff Bezos

BusinessDetailsYouUnderstandFail

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

LearningFutureMistakesForwardUs

Governments can and do expropriate investors or discriminate against them. Domestic judicial and administrative systems provide investors with one option for protecting themselves.

Jose Angel Gurria

AdministrativeAgainstJudicialThem

I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries.

DeForest Soaries

HouseWhiteCountryElectionTrue

Lawmakers need to be better stewards of policy and update it, not just keep adding on top of old laws.

Suzan DelBene

BetterOldTopNeedPolicyLaws

The true cost to the world of a burger is far greater than the money you hand over to buy it.

Richard Branson

MoneyWorldBurgerYouTrueHand

While deficits are often inflationary and always pernicious, curing them by raising taxes is equivalent to curing an illness by shooting the patient.

Murray Rothbard

AlwaysTaxesPatientShootingOften

I like the quiet life sometimes. I also love a bustling press conference sometimes as well. I love a 600 metre red carpet.

Martin Freeman

LifeLoveRedQuietSometimesWell

The whole thing about doing TV is that you never know what's going to happen. You just have to go with it and go with the flow.

Jane Levy

DoingYouGoKnowFlowNever

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