Eileen Ford Quotes

The horrible thing about being me is that I have a very good eye about what people look like. Even me.

Eileen Ford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

GoodPeopleMeEyeLookHorrible

I write narrative nonfiction, creating lively scenes through action and the use of quotes from firsthand accounts, all based on rigorous research. If I say a character leaned against a fence on a windy day, than I have at least two sources to back up these details.

Jim Murphy

CharacterDayResearchActionFence

I've acted just to get to directing.

Mel Ferrer

GetJustDirectingActed

Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.

John Lasseter

CarWomanWiseAmazingMeCool

I'm functioning on a lung and a half, but I have proved that it's possible to challenge yourself.

Stefanie Powers

ChallengeYourselfPossibleHalf

It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still.

Siouxsie Sioux

WomenTimeTryingDownStereotypes

I'm a huge fan of mafia history - mostly the Italian mafia but also their associates, as well as Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang.

Rob Van Dam

WinterHistoryHillMafiaGangWell

So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work.

Julia Stiles

WorkGratefulI AmHappyPeopleMe

As single-mom female inventor, there was no path for that, so really I don't think people took me seriously for a really long time. Certainly the Miracle Mop being my first successful product, people started to pay attention, and I guess now they really pay attention.

Joy Mangano

PathTimePeopleMeThinkAttention

Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writing. With writing, you take a set of facts and ideas, and you reason your way forward to a story that pulls them together. With woodworking, you start with an end product in mind, and reason your way backward to the raw wood.

Joshua Foer

TogetherMindIdeasWritingStart

Frank liked administrative work and was good at it.

Denis Norden

WorkGoodAdministrativeLikedFrank

You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.

Denis Waitley

YouSeeingKnowBelievingUnderstand

To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

David Small

ForgivenessThinkUnderstandHuman

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Eileen Ford