Susan Powter Quotes & Sayings

“Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.”

“You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy.”

“Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards!”

“If you want a higher power, go to the goddamn sun. Just go to the sun - and stop destroying the ozone layer.”

“There isn't a religion on earth that isn't damaging to the human race because every one of them is patriarchal and every one eliminates more than half of the human race - women. They are all oppressors of women.”

“What's natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. What's natural and right is interconnectedness, not individualism. What is natural and right is respect for the system, not killing the system. What's natural and right is love.”

“I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me.”

“I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have.”

“I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there.”

“I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by the way. I'm talking about light from the gutter.”