Anna Quindlen Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Anna Quindlen quotes, Anna Quindlen sayings, and Anna Quindlen proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Familiarity breeds content Anna Quindlen
There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother. Oh, how I hated that little boy and how I love him too. Anna Quindlen
Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on the stoop and staring at the tedious blue of the summer sky. I don’t believe you can write poetry, or compose music, or become an actor without downtime, and plenty of it, a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity. Anna Quindlen
A finished person is a boring person. Anna Quindlen
It's not that being a grandparent today is better or worse, it's just different. Anna Quindlen
A big part of our grandparent job is expressing ecstatic. Anna Quindlen
A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree or even, occasionally the careless— may turn out to be half a life. Anna Quindlen
There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother... Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him, too. Anna Quindlen
There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too. Anna Quindlen
Look in the mirror tonight. Who is that man? Who is that woman? She is the work of your life. He is its greatest glory. Anna Quindlen
There is a lot of talks now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger. Anna Quindlen
Get a life which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Anna Quindlen
If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail. Anna Quindlen
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen
Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts Anna Quindlen
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists of mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen