Top 70 Martha Stewart Quotes

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

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

I like knowing about everything, and I think that really helps me in my business.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I had no idea when I went to college what I’d be doing. I took organic chemistry and did terribly, but I was good in English and art. I took many courses and participated in as many activities as I could. I learned a lot about every single thing.

My daughter emails me. When your daughter starts to email you instead of talk to you… It’s horrible. You cannot forget human communication.

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.

My goal with our American Made program is to inspire people of all ages to become ‘doers,’ whether it’s them learning how to make an easy weekday dinner or starting their own business.

I’m kind of a complainer, but not about getting old. I complain about, you know, something that can be fixed.

The last place I would ever want to go is prison.

I’m a maniacal perfectionist.

When I first went to Kmart, I was so excited that I could bring my kind of taste to the masses. They didn’t have 100 percent cotton sheets at mass market in 1987. We made those in yellow and pink and pale blue.

The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it’s a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that’s used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing.

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

My new motto is: When you’re through changing, you’re through.

I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

I live in an old house with no closets and no built-ins. I hate big cupboards.

I can keep learning about all the different technologies. It’s my most telling characteristic. I’m interested in trying anything new.

I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it’s not a waste of time.

I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day.

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

I don’t think in a male or female way. I don’t differentiate between male and female. I never have. I’m not considered a feminist.

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

I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There’s no difference in how seriously you take the job, how seriously you approach your whole life.

A lot of TV people buy more than one of an item, in case they spot or stain it, but I don’t like buying duplicates – it’s wasteful.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

I want you to know that I am innocent – and that I will fight to clear my name.

When I was a model – and I was all during high school and college – you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That’s how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.

I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos.

Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family’s idea of you, is something you can’t buy.

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.

I had a critical father. I’m more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companies.

The last place I would ever want to go is prison.

When I first went to Kmart, I was so excited that I could bring my kind of taste to the masses. They didn’t have 100 percent cotton sheets at mass market in 1987. We made those in yellow and pink and pale blue.

I love dessert. I can’t be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.

I want you to know that I am innocent – and that I will fight to clear my name.

Whether you’re a programmer or a seamstress, it’s all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster – but not worse.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

I invented ‘It’s a good thing’ before you were even born.

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.

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 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.

I’m not supposed to say it, but I was not guilty of any crime. I became a target because I was a strong and a rich woman who had been very successful.

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

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

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

My daughter emails me. When your daughter starts to email you instead of talk to you… It’s horrible. You cannot forget human communication.

I record my radio show, and my staff makes me a nice lunch in the kitchen, usually fish – whatever’s freshest and line-caught – and a salad. I drink water and herbal tea, a blend of catnip, elderberry, and horehound.

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.

One of the things I do to stay healthy and fit is to make sure I exercise every single day. Aside from eating right and getting enough sleep, exercise keeps me trim and boosts my energy.

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

My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.

One of the things I do to stay healthy and fit is to make sure I exercise every single day. Aside from eating right and getting enough sleep, exercise keeps me trim and boosts my energy.

You should feel good about making your home nicer for your family and your friends. You should feel great about cooking a good dinner and making a dress for a granddaughter, creating a beautiful birthday party. It’s all part of life.

So the pie isn’t perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

A lot of TV people buy more than one of an item, in case they spot or stain it, but I don’t like buying duplicates – it’s wasteful.

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

I invented ‘It’s a good thing’ before you were even born.

When you write a book, you’re an expert, and people look at you in a different way.

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

I haven’t been to Tasmania. I haven’t been to the South Pole, and I haven’t been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.

For styling, I don’t like a lot of mousse. I do use Sally Hershberger’s Texture Blast, which is like a hair spray, but just at the roots. I have really good hair, and I don’t like to plaster it.