Top 100 Martha Stewart Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “The last place I would ever want to go is prison.”

— Martha Stewart

52. “I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.”

— Martha Stewart

53. “I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.”

— Martha Stewart

54. “The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn’t find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.”

— Martha Stewart

55. “I never pay attention to age or gender. There are just too many other more important things to consider.”

— Martha Stewart

56. “You can be the most beautiful person on Earth, and if you don’t have a fitness or diet routine, you won’t be beautiful.”

— Martha Stewart

57. “Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.”

— Martha Stewart

58. “I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I’m well balanced today.”

— Martha Stewart

59. “I adore summer entertaining. For a dinner party at the farm, I might prepare homemade fettuccine with porcini mushrooms, soft-shell crabs, spinach from the garden, and lemon tarts with fraises des bois for dessert.”

— Martha Stewart

60. “I don’t even like firing people. I don’t think I’ve ever said, ‘You’re fired’ to anybody.”

— Martha Stewart

61. “I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.”

— Martha Stewart

62. “I’m never sick. Why get sick? It’s a waste of time.”

— Martha Stewart

63. “I was the second of six kids. I wouldn’t say we were poor; we had no money. That’s different.”

— Martha Stewart

64. “Basement smells bad. Look for cat poops, change litter.”

— Martha Stewart

65. “All I really want is a three-room house. The home I have designed at my new farm in Bedford, New York, is a three-room house: bedroom on top, living room in the middle, and kitchen on the ground.”

— Martha Stewart

66. “To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery – of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.”

— Martha Stewart

67. “I don’t have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.”

— Martha Stewart

68. “Broaden yourself. You don’t have to focus when you’re 20. I think the broader you are, the better it is. Later you can focus on your real interests and ideas. The ultimate goal is to be an interesting, useful, wholesome person. If you’re successful on top of that, then you’re way ahead of everybody.”

— Martha Stewart

69. “I really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.”

— Martha Stewart

70. “Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it’s artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.”

— Martha Stewart

71. “Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful, more comfortable, more functional and more full of life and light and joy for those we love.”

— Martha Stewart

72. “American Made is not just an event. It’s a movement to spotlight and support the next generation of creative entrepreneurs who are turning their passion for making into thriving small businesses.”

— Martha Stewart

73. “I don’t think there’s any company that has the same tools as Martha Stewart Living does, and people know that. They really love the tools and, if you have the tools, you can pretty much do the craft.”

— Martha Stewart

74. “Giving information that will help everybody live better. That’s a teacher’s dream-to accumulate information and disperse it in a form that allows people to choose the way they’re going to use it. That’s what I think I do best.”

— Martha Stewart

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

— Martha Stewart

76. “Don’t give up. Defend your ideas, but be flexible. Success seldom comes in exactly the form you imagine.”

— Martha Stewart

77. “I always thought I would be a teacher. And I think I actually lived up to my initial dreams, because what I do now is teach millions and millions of people many different kinds of things.”

— Martha Stewart

78. “You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult.”

— Martha Stewart

79. “It’s sort of the American way to go up and down the ladder, maybe several times in a lifetime.”

— Martha Stewart

80. “I am always asking myself how I can improve the lives of my customers, my colleagues, my shareholders, my family and my friends.”

— Martha Stewart

81. “When I was incarcerated at Alderson in West Virginia for a five-month term, they had a ceramics class.”

— Martha Stewart

82. “As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult. But I am safe, fit and healthy.”

— Martha Stewart

83. “I used to wear real fur, but, like many others, I had a change of heart when I learned what actually happens to the animals.”

— Martha Stewart

84. “I was a very good cook, and I knew I could build a business.”

— Martha Stewart

85. “I’m a maniacal perfectionist.”

— Martha Stewart

86. “You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.”

— Martha Stewart

87. “I have set a standard, and I’m going to stick to the standard. I may have been able to grow faster and maybe my business could have been bigger, but because I really feel very serious about my subject, I really want to be hands-on.”

— Martha Stewart

88. “I always disagreed with the separation of the name and the brand and the person To build on that name and brand is one thing. To divorce the name and the brand from the person was not an approach that I agreed with.”

— Martha Stewart

89. “I am not a rock star or a movie star; I’m a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are. I’m much more open and trusting than, say, my daughter is.”

— Martha Stewart

90. “I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don’t think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that’s something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there.”

— Martha Stewart

91. “Loving yourself is good for your health.”

— Martha Stewart

92. “Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.”

— Martha Stewart

93. “I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it’s not important. I have an exciting existence, and there’s so much to do.”

— Martha Stewart

94. “I’m always on the lookout for those good, simple solutions to everyday problems.”

— Martha Stewart

95. “I’m not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.”

— Martha Stewart

96. “Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers.”

— Martha Stewart

97. “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.”

— Martha Stewart

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

— Martha Stewart

99. “As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.”

— Martha Stewart

100. “Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.”

— Martha Stewart