Asked Quote by Gloria Steinem

“We want you to break into the Smithsonian." "Always a pleasure," Nick said. Kate raised an eyebrow at Nick. "You've done it before?" Nick…

— Janet Evanovich

Although I'd spent many years of dreaming of being applauded for my work and recognized... once it happened I didn't quite know how to…

— Asher Keddie

I love the Smithsonian. I'm a real dork for that kind of stuff.

— John Rzeznik

When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Furniture! Thank God, I can sit and I can stand without the aid of a furniture warehouse.

— Henry David Thoreau

I'm obsessed with my couch. I have the greenest couch on the planet.

— Madison Keys

I thought of the one thing about home that I missed, my dad's study with its built-in, floor-to-ceiling shelves sagging with thick biographies and…

— John Green

I climbed down the outside of a Holiday Inn once just to surprise one of my crew by getting on his balcony and knocking…

— Lemmy Kilmister

I waited tables for 25 years, so I had a lot of sad nights on the couch, drinking Chardonnay and trying to comfort myself.

— Bridget Everett

I remember going into Steve's [Jobs] house, and he had almost no furniture in it. He just had a picture of Einstein, whom he…

— John Sculley

I lay there silently, hoarding my small dignity. I did not ask about the gate or the closet. I did not question the bedtime…

— Anne Sexton

I used to write on a big old couch, but I gave that away. I was wise enough to give it to my son,…

— Marilynne Robinson