Traci Andrighetti > Traci's Quotes

“Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.
It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”
― David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

“There are still a lotta nice Sicilian boys in New Orleans. (A nonna's advice to a zitella.)”
― Traci Andrighetti, Limoncello Yellow

“a Sicilian grandma is a formidable opponent”
― Traci Andrighetti, Limoncello Yellow

“I like it here in Austin. Anybody got a room?”
― Keith Richards

“The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal.”
― Harsha Bhogle, The Winning Way: Learnings from sport for managers

“If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”
― Anthony Bourdain

“I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.”
― Mae West

“No one becomes a bestseller by tossing every other potential blockbuster on a bonfire and assassinating other authors.”
― Damon Suede, Your A Game: winning promo for genre fiction