Anna Quindlen Quotes

A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

I have a lot of friends who get up most mornings and go to jobs they absolutely hate. I don't think that's what life is about and I'm so fortunate that I actually love what I do.

Imagine choosing a job not on money or even on career advancement, but as part of a life worth living.

People are so obsessed with making their careers and having a big house; then you realize that kills your dreams. It even kills what makes your life because you get so busy inside.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

We have children to pursue other elements of well-being. We want meaning in life. We want relationships.

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

Show business is part of a larger culture, a world-wide culture that must make up to the fact that the accumulation of things doesn't make a life necessary any happier or purposeful.

It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.

I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. My life has taken some turns and changes that I didn't anticipate, and it has brought me different things. I thought material things would bring me happiness, which they didn't. But through this, I have learned what things are important and what aren't.

My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

I don't live out my career, I live my life.

I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.

I learned from my parents that you have to get pleasure out of what you're doing, or don't do it.

I've found my purpose in life, definitely.

I believe that if you work hard and you never get to enjoy it then what's the point. You can't take any of this with you, the money or nothing. The only thing you can take is experiences, memories and good times, so I like to get amongst it as much as I can.

I don't want my life to be about a house and a car.

I don't want to make a living. I want to make a life.

It's easy to let life deteriorate into making a living instead of making a life. It's not the hours you put in, but what you out into the hours that count. Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a me too attitude while impressing evokes a so what attitude.

If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them.