Explore Quotes by Martha Stewart

Basement smells bad. Look for cat poops, change litter.

That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To avoid it is avoidance. We're not going to avoid things.

I must reclaim my good life and I must return to my good works.

The subject matter that I am really spending my time on has become an acceptable subject matter. Living, lifestyle, family, is now in the forefront of interest in America, and I've just stuck with it. I mean, I've been doing this for years, and I never got angry. I never said, you know, listen, I'm fighting for this subject. That wasn't my point. My point was to continue working in a subject matter, knowing full well that finally it would be recognized as a viable subject once again.

I'm a maniacal perfectionist. And if I weren't, I wouldn't have this company... I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos.

I love the challenge of starting at zero every day and seeing how much I can accomplish.

We actually have some gay people that work with us, and we have a lot of friends that are gay, too, and I know that this song has inspired them... I know that coming out was tough on their parents and on them and the whole entire family. For a long time, some of them didn't get to hear 'I love you' from their dads or be accepted in that way. ... It's helped a lot of our friends... We don't judge anybody's lives.

I love Champagne and I love to drink it out of any kind of beautiful glass.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.

The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining.

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

Of course I know how to roll a joint.

I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won't be here in ten years.

This is a funny story. We'd asked the guards every day for cappuccino. You know, just as a joke. And they'd come in with their cups of coffee and stuff. And so I get here and I have a spot for a cappuccino machine, and it didn't work. So I don't have any cappuccino ... I didn't miss the cappuccino, I missed the idea of cappuccino.

Over the years, I learned so much from mom. She taught me about the importance of home and history and family and tradition. She also taught me that aging need not mean narrowing the scope of your activities and interests or a diminution of the great pleasures to be had in the everyday.

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.