Tamora Pierce Quotes

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

I like to have glasses for day and night.

Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found the answer in the simple file box.

You're building a tool, not a piece of art. Don't be blinded by the vision.

I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that.

The most popular labor-saving device is still money.

Some receivers are like sports cars: they have a lot of speed and flair. Me, I'm like an old pickup truck. I just bounce around and try to get the job done.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.

I'm personally more of a low-maintenance type of person. I want things to be easy and quick, especially when it comes to getting dressed.

Custom adapts itself to expediency.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

Where a phrase is susceptible of two meanings, we ought certainly to adopt that which will bring upon us the fewest inconveniences

I could do my own nails... I went to beauty school in the 11th grade. But why would I do that now?

People look the best when they feel the most comfortable, so I buy 10 of the same thing if I really like it.

I don't say in the morning, 'Look, Leandra, here are a bunch of women. Put that bronzer down.' It's more that I'm busy and whatever helps you get out the door and go to sleep easier.

Men like clothes they can wear to work and afterwards. They don't want things to be complicated.

The one thing in the world that I can't do without is my glasses. I don't really care about my laptop, I never answer my phone, and I don't care about trainers and stuff. But I'm pretty blind without my glasses or contact lenses.

Being able to wear contacts, you don't have to worry about your glasses falling off or how you look during your beam routine. As soon as they're in, literally two minutes later, you forget that they're on.

Shaker pieces were not to show off. One was not to waste energy to decorate.

It's one of the essentials just to have a lighter on me, you never know what you might have to use. I like my lighters to be blue and small, they can fit in a pocket.

I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't use drugs. That may be boring for some people, but that's just me. That's how I live my life.

I don't wear glasses, so I like the idea of not having to put them on to watch a movie. It's a hard barrier to get beyond.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.