Quotes about Experience

Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have a place in posterity, while most women know that posterity is what happens when you no longer care. Women want to connect with others here and now; they couldn't care less about legacy!

I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.

For me, leaving the Marine Corps was more disorienting than returning home.

I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'

I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all.

I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school.

My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.

When I was a little girl, my father, who was a high-ranking officer, pilot, and an avionics specialist in the United States military, would hoist me up onto the elevator - the flight control surface located at the tail of his airplane. From up there I could get a glimpse of the world as he saw it.

Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were.

I'm not going to pretend to be 50. I just want to be happy and enjoy the experiences I have and take advantage of every opportunity I've been given.

Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.

We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.