Be Ready When the Luck Happens Quotes

“There's a wonderful quote attributed to George Lucas: "We're all living in cages with the door wide open." That was me until I realized I had the power - and the responsibility - to set myself free. To step out of the cage of whatever I'd experienced in the past, to think for myself, and to believe in my choices.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“When you're young, you marry someone who has the qualities you wish you had...As you grow older, one of two things happens. Either you start to find those difference increasingly annoying and you grow apart, or...you gradually become more like the other, even as you remain who you are".”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Stand up for yourself, even when it’s hard, even when it means taking a risk. And in any endeavor, find just one person who really believes in you.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Your 20s are the time when you master what you think you're supposed to do. But in your 30s, when you've figured out what you like and don't like, and you're more confident, you can move on to what you really want to do, which might be totally different.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I concentrate on what's in front of me, and work hard, because I love what I do, and I have fun doing it; and then I leave the door open, so I'll be ready when the luck happens.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I also learned that it’s important to listen to advice and then decide if it’s true to who you are and what you’re trying to accomplish.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Slow down, they seemed to say, you can take a little twirl and still get exactly where you're going. Such a nice approach to life.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“He was telling me that I was too smart not to do something with my life, which no one had ever said to me before.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Sometimes you have to trust that the hard times, the pain and the tragedies in life have purpose. They may make no sense at the time, may bring you to your knees and you will wonder why this hell is happening and if you’ll ever get through it. But trust is your trajectory, sending you along your path, and if you listen, learn, heal and grow along the way, things will one day make sense.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“But in France, these little traffic circles are a reminder that life is not about straight lines or the shortest distance between two points. Slow down, they seemed to say, you can take a little twirl and still get exactly where you’re going. Such a nice approach to life.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“the best deals are the ones where everyone walks away feeling as though they got exactly what they wanted.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I’m a big believer in collaboration, in playing nicely with others. I think it makes everyone better because we can learn from each other. Business doesn’t have to be cutthroat and isolating. It’s much more fun and productive to exchange ideas, to be genuinely curious about how other people do things, to be generous, and to root for a competitor’s success.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I have often thought that everyone should work in retail at some point in their lives, kind of like mandatory military service. They would understand two things—first, that serving customers all day can be a very difficult job, and second, that being kind is so much more effective than being nasty.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Sometimes, if you're lucky, the person sitting next to you at a dinner party turns out to be really interesting, and you have a lively conversation that makes you think, I want to know more.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“For me, cooking wasn't the goal of entertaining; being with friends was the goal, so I wanted to make easy recipes that anyone could prepare and know their guests would be delighted.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“This is the thing about being in Paris. I always say that you can’t be inspired sitting at home alone by yourself. You have to go out into the world and see what people are doing, and that will trigger something else in you, and then you’ll do it your way.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I think what I loved most, aside from Jeffrey’s constant company and undivided attention, was that there were no straight lines between where we were and where we wanted to be. Our route was dictated by whimsy, not logic.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I believe that you don’t build a brand; you just do what’s true for you every day, and then one day, you realize that you have a brand.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I concentrate on what's in front of me, and work hard, because I love what I do, and have fun doing it; and then I leave the door open, so I'll be ready when the luck happens.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Why do successful women always say they’re lucky, and successful men say they got there by the force of their talent?”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Good architecture makes me want to do a better job, to live up to the promise of the space.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I love traditional pursuits; I just want to do them my way and make my own decisions.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“seemingly insurmountable problems not only make us who we are but can propel us to exactly the place we want to be.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“I spent hours in my room, crying, wondering what I had done to provoke him, too young to understand that I wasn’t the problem. I kept my door closed, hoping he wouldn’t come in and scream at me. I was lonely in there, but at least I felt safe.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“One thing I learned, and continue to learn every day, is that the food we enjoy most connects to our deepest memories of when we felt happy, comfortable, nurtured.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Even a salad like Winter Greens with Stilton & Hazelnuts”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Emily’s English Roasted Potatoes Serves 6 to 8 Kosher salt 3 pounds large Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and 1½ to 2-inch diced ½ cup vegetable oil Coarse sea salt or fleur de sel Minced fresh parsley Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Bring a large pot of water with 2 tablespoons kosher salt to a boil. Add the potatoes, return to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 8 minutes. Drain the potatoes, place them back in the pot with the lid on, and shake the pot roughly for 5 seconds to rough up the edges. Carefully transfer the potatoes in one layer to a baking rack set over a sheet pan. Set aside to dry for at least 15 minutes. (They can sit uncovered at room temperature for several hours or in the fridge for up to 6 hours.) Pour the oil onto another sheet pan, tilt the pan to distribute the oil, and place the pan in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes, until the oil is smoking hot. Transfer the potatoes carefully into the oil (I use a large metal spatula) and toss them lightly to coat each potato with the hot oil. Evenly spread out the potatoes and lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Roast for 45 minutes to one hour, turning the potatoes occasionally with tongs, until very browned and crisp on the outside and tender and creamy inside. Transfer to a serving platter, sprinkle generously with 1½ to 2 teaspoons sea salt and parsley and serve hot.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“Downtown, Dean & DeLuca imported goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and ingredients that nobody knew about. On the Upper West Side, Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso of the Silver Palate worked magic with raspberry vinegar and made Chicken Marbella the “must-serve” dish for every dinner party. At E.A.T. on the Upper East Side, Eli Zabar prepared the most delicious take-out salads, dinners, cheeses, and baked goods, and later he started baking his own bread, which was a revolution in itself. There was a store called Fay and Allen’s Foodworks, which dazzled customers with a five-foot display of fresh caviar and 160 cheeses. At Word of Mouth, Eileen Weinberg and Christi Finch made quiches with unusual ingredients, memorably eggplant with a whisper of dill and a mustard glaze, and cold pasta salads that nobody had done before, like tortellini, ham, green and red peppers, and salsa verde.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“We’d go to Europe! The dollar was strong, we had no responsibilities until the fall, and we loved to travel together. Jeffrey took a long, hard look at our tiny savings account and calculated that we could stay in Europe for four months IF we kept to a budget of five dollars a day. I know that sounds insane, but there was actually a very popular book at the time, Arthur Frommer’s Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, that told us exactly how to do it.”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

“the definition of a good marriage is that each person thinks they got the better”
― Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens