Mireille Guiliano Quotes & Sayings

“In France we have a saying, 'Joie de vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it.”

“Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.”

“Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother did that 50 years ago, but it wasn't called multitasking or stress back then. She had a job, two kids and the meals to make with no cook or maid. My father would come home every day and expect lunch. He was a nice guy, but he was clueless!”

“Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present.”

“Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.”

“Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.”

“I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.”

“Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.”

“With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.”

“I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the dining room, which has a window with a view of the city and in the distance the Statue of Liberty.”