M.E. Kerr Quotes

I celebrated my 18th birthday in Japan, which was quite memorable; I was quite fascinated by the different traditions and the culture; it was so completely different to Australian culture.

I still feel like the same person, in every way - it is just some of my surroundings have changed and there are lots of new people in my life.

I love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time.

For me, family is life. The decision to start one wasn't complex at all. My career has been wonderful, but it's not my life. I don't feel pressure to get back to work.

Do not fear mistakes - fear only the absence of creative, constructive, and corrective responses to those mistakes.

And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.

I don't want to see the uncut version of anything.

All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor.

I am here because God is there.

Expect the best and people will rise to the occasion.

Focus on the competition to diminish the time dedicated to internal politics.

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.

I'm not so sure it's so civilized to be civilized all the time.

To me having a party is something like having a baby. The fact that you got through the last one alive is not somehow sufficiently reassuring now.

Don't be silly. I'm a mature, intelligent woman. Of course I'm afraid of my mother.

I will read anything rather than work.

Children are different - mentally, physically, spiritually, quantitatively, qualitatively; and furthermore, they're all a little bit nuts.

I once truly believed that if I had to stand in line for twenty minutes to have a package gift-wrapped it actually gave the recipient more pleasure.

If you can keep your head when all about are losing theirs, it's just possible that you haven't grasped the situation.

There is this to be said about having money. You get rejected by a higher class of people.

I don't grasp things this early in the day. I mean, I hear voices, all right, but I can't pick out the verbs.

Years ago when a man began to notice that if he stood up on the subway he was immediately replaced by two people, he figured he was getting too fat.

While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.

People only call you 'my dear' when they are irritated with you.

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in!

Real men don't do pickup lines just to sweep off every girls' feet. They do and trust their own instincts knowing what the girls' wants and needs. Vying to win their hearts.

I know all about improvisation and the free-form that mirrors the chaos of our time, but I do like to feel that the playwright has done some work before I got there.

I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.

Being on a ship is something like being pregnant. You can sit there and do absolutely nothing but stare at the water and have the nicest sense that you are accomplishing something.

Dearer to me than the evening star A Packard car A Hershey bar Or a bride in her rich adorning Dearer than any of these by far Is to lie in bed in the morning

I have noticed that in plays where the characters on stage laugh a great deal, the people out front laugh very little.

You can't sleep until noon with the proper elan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don't count).

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say.

Fantasy is the oldest form of literature and science fiction is just a new twist on it.

Go out into the world and run straight at whatever you fear the most.

The market always provides us with opportunities.

I love going for walks and like to do fun active things outdoors.

I love wearing trackies to lounge around the house in and the strange thing is, it doesn’t matter how many new ones I get I still tend to feel most comfortable in my old ones.

As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age.

I work really, really hard and it's challenging going through all of those time zones and having to be awake when you're supposed to be asleep. I literally fly more than a pilot.

I also carry a clear-and-rose-quartz chakra wand in my handbag.

Meditation is a great way to stay centered and I think inversions are great for aging. Specifically, I think the Kundalini yoga is really a life changer.

I don't really time how long it steeps, but in general I don't plan much when it comes to tea or cooking. I'm more about the feeling.

I really love over-the-knee boots. I think they're super sexy and they're fun. And they're also very strong and empowering.

I have crystals all around my home, both inside and out.

I grew up sitting beside my grandmother playing the piano and singing.

When I was young I wanted to be a gymnast. I used to compete at it, but then I grew too tall.

I do enjoy wearing a little heel when I'm at work, but when I'm running around with my son, it's a different story!