Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Quotes

I'm the hardest person to buy a gift for.

I'm all about thoughtful gifts. If you put thought behind it - it could be $5 - but if there's thought behind it, I think that's what matters.

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

To save money on gifts, give someone their favorite candy in a beautiful, customized vessel with a personalized tag. It's sweet and always appreciated.

If you're struggling for gift ideas, my advice is to give experiences rather than things.

The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

I love all the gift guides that the magazines put out, whether it's 'InStyle' doing Mother's Day gifts or color guides, or the 'O' magazine Christmas guide.

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.

There will be birthdays in the next twelve months; books keep well; they're easy to wrap: buy those books now. Buy replacements for any books looking raggedy on your shelves.

I never think about gifts. It's enough to have my family present.

I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift.

Mattresses! Beautiful! Let's go buy a couple of mattresses. Give 'em to people for their birthday.

Why are cancer patients so hard to buy for? This question always puzzles me. When people are healthy, things are so simple, including gift buying. A jaunt to the local mall or a day in front of the TV watching QVC can be just enough for all the loved ones on your list.

Everywhere I look, there are ads marking Mother's Day. Mostly they conform to stereotype: flowers, jewelry, perfume. Not a lot of books. Not many computers. Few tools. Little that's useful.

Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.

I definitely start early and keep items in mind throughout the year for key people in my life. I love wrapping everyone's gifts in hand-painted wallpaper sheets, which gives the gift extra love.

I don't over-gift. I don't inundate my child with a lot of things.

It's a ridiculously expensive time of year and if you buy something that you've guessed at and it's not right, what a waste of money. Far better to ask. And if you do it with three or four weeks to go, by the time it comes to Christmas you've forgotten about it - so it's a lovely surprise.

The question on my husband's birthday is always, What do you get for the man who has nothing?

Make gifts meaningful by putting the time in creating them, whether baking and cooking, or in making arts and craft. It will all have more meaning for the giver and receiver.

I like to look for gifts throughout the year. If I find the perfect item for someone, I put it in my "gift closet" and keep it for the next holiday. But I often get too excited and just give it to them before!

If a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a birthday present and make sure it's jewelry.

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!

The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.