Cathy Guisewite Quotes
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One day, in 1982, for 15 minutes, my hair was perfect.
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My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog.
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So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.
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There are self-awareness groups, to help you discover who you really are ... encounter groups, to help you deal with who you really are ... assertiveness training groups to help you stand up for who you really are ... Suddenly, the only way to become an individual is to join a group.
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Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
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I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
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Everyday is a new beginning and a chance to blow it.
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After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.
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My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call.
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Men date. Women have relationships.
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The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
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Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy.
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I'm most proud of having created something that men never completely get.
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I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.
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I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think.
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All mothers have intuition. The great ones have radar.
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Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.
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Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.
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When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.
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Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.
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I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate.
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Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.
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Where's my tax form? Where's the file that's supposed to hold my W-2 form and interest statement? Where's the mileage log I specifically asked be kept last year?? Where's the monthly check summary? And who's been stuffing Visa receipts in the aluminum foil drawer??!! How embarrassing. I'm surrounded by idiots and I'm the only one in the office.
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Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.
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Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.
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Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.
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I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page.
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I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.
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The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.
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Wake me up when I'm a size 5.
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