“Thailand's seafood industry is the third largest in the world. And much of it is ending up on our dinner tables.” Quote by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it.” KnowsEnergyParentClassGymnasticsBundlesTots Author:Shawn Johnson
“One of the things that got me on this topic for this book was that when I was researching the column I wrote in 2009 saying that I was stepping down from my column at "Newsweek" because I wanted to make room for newer, fresh voices out there, I discovered that in the year I was born, 1952, the average life expectancy of an American was 68. I was shocked by that figure and every time I mention it I hear a gasp from somebody in the crowd. Now, of course, we're more or less at 80, so that means that we've gotten 12 additional years.” YearsMeanBookWantedCoursesVoiceBornRoomsFiguresAverageCrowdsTopicsShockedColumnsExpectancyLife ExpectancyAverage Life Author:Anna Quindlen
“If we really feel like we're comfortable in our own skins now, we have a longer period of time to live out that kind of third or fourth act of our life.” IfsFeelsKindOur LivesPeriodsComfortableSkinsThirdsFourth Author:Anna Quindlen
“I'm writing this memoir from the perspective of somebody who's prosperous and has means. Having said that, one of the things that I think I discovered about those additional years is that I don't think they really are added to the end of life.” ThinkingWritingYearsMeanSaidEndsPerspectiveMemoirProsperousEnd Of Life Author:Anna Quindlen
“I think the last couple of years of life for many, many people are the same as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago. They could be really tough because of infirmity.” PeopleThinkingYearsLastsCoupleToughYears AgoInfirmityYears Of Life Author:Anna Quindlen
“I do think that people who are now in their sixties and their seventies are living a different kind of life than their grandparents led, even in these tough times. A lot of them are more active, a lot of them are still working, which was not the case when our grandparents were in their sixties.” PeopleThinkingKindStillsDifferentCasesToughActiveDifferent KindsSixtyGrandparentSeventiesTough Times Author:Anna Quindlen
“Now, a lot of people are challenged by the fact that a record number of people in their sixties have living parents, and a record number of people in their sixties have kids who may still depend upon them.” PeopleMayStillsFactsKidsParentNumbersRecordsDependsSixty Author:Anna Quindlen
“I think I should be on the main stage. I don't think I'm an undercard candidate. I think the others should drop out.” ThinkingShouldStageCandidates Author:Renee Montagne
“So you're getting squeezed at both sides. You're taking care of your mom and dad and you're still doing caregiving with your kids, which is not easy. But I think overall, there's a level of satisfaction that might be unparalleled.” ThinkingStillsMightCareKidsEasySidesLevelsMomDadSatisfactionBoth SidesYour MomMom And DadCaregiving Author:Anna Quindlen
“I think the gift of my mother's death, if anything so terrible can be said to have an upside to it, is that I was always keenly aware that life was fleeting, and that you'd better live while you have the chance. As I say in the book, since I was 19 years old I felt like I was living for two, and when I out-lived my mother, when I got into my forties, it felt like a miracle to me.” IfsThinkingYearsSaidTwoBookMotherFeltChanceTerribleMiracleFortyFleeting Author:Anna Quindlen