Gina Barreca
17 quotes
Biography
"If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class."
"Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate."
"In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn’t ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine."
"It’s only when you’re at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend."
"Ask a woman if she’s ambitious and she’ll look at you as if you just asked whether she sticks pins in puppies for fun. Ask a woman if she’s competitive and she’ll look at you as if you suggested that she’s a hooker."
"Comics know that time plus pain equals humor and that we can redeem even awful moments from the past by translating them into a shared experience."
"To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine."
"Words can be as irrevocable as an action. They can cut as deeply as a surgeon’s scalpel."
"Maturity understands that there’s darkness in the world but that there’s no need to dwell in it: we can lighten up and offer illumination to others."
"It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. It's your best friends who are supremely resilient, made under pressure and of astonishing value. They're everlasting; they can cut glass if they need to."
"Like love, breakfast is best when made at home."
"If you believe that your best years are behind you, you've guaranteed they are; I'm going to dance into that good night, with the oldies turned up loud."
"I see taking care of my emotional and mental health in the same way that I see taking care of a garment: After it's been through wear and tear, it needs attention."
"Until we’re pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything’s coming up roses — for me and for you."
"Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect."
"Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition."
"If you know you can do it - if you can already chart every day in your future - then why bother? Choose to do something you have more trouble imagining. Take a chance."