Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Joanna Coles - Page 2

You're only worth as much to one employer as you are to another.

The transition of a desk job, having to be in the office at the same time every day, I found super hard.

With experience, you suddenly realise you know how to do things or that you've done something like this before. And I think as you get more confident, you can sit back and try and weigh up the options of doing something or not doing something.

As long as you're interested in people and things, that curiosity propels you forward.

Having diverse leadership means there are more voices in the room, and there are more different points of entry for people who are being bullied or abused at work. There are more points of entry for them to complain to.

At the age of 10, I had my first piece published in what was known as the 'Junior Post,' which was part of the 'Yorkshire Post,' and it was just for kids. I read it every week. And I got paid for it. So I thought... 'I can actually do this. I can get paid to write, and this is going to be fine.' I wrote several pieces for them.

I always urge women to aim for the highest job they can get because you get more money and you get more support and you get more control, and those are the three things that actually make life easier.

I grew up in Yorkshire, which is like the Texas of Britain. It's a proud free state and not always liked by the other counties in Britain.

It's a great thing to be underestimated because it puts off your rival or enemy - they're not on their full game if they underestimate you.

I have green eyes, which are actually quite difficult to find makeup for.

I look at my time on this earth as social anthropology, at home and in work life.

Sometimes the hardest decision is to say no to something, and I think when you're less confident or when you're younger, you say yes to everything, and as you get older, you realise you don't need to.

It was quite jarring to go from newspapers to magazines, and the reason I did it was because I had my second son, and with my second child, I just thought, 'I can't travel at will,' which you really need to be able to do. And so I had a sort of slow realization that I could no longer do the job that I loved.

I don't get my ideas from reading other people.

If you keep dating and keep out there, you keep a higher level of hope, and also, your skills at doing it improve because you're doing it more often, and you are bringing less anxiety to the table.

You don't have to be in love all the time, but you need to be surrounded by people you have a genuine connection with.

My favorite meal would be a big piece of steak with salad and then Brussels sprouts and Jerusalem artichokes.

Once I got to the U.S., and I realized we weren't going to go back to Britain, I was ready to commit to starting a bigger life here.

Feminism means, basically, are you in favor of equal opportunities for men and women? It's hard to argue with that.

I was a member of the young liberals, the young conservatives, and young Labour, according to who gave the best parties.

If you're in journalism, the U.S. - and New York City in particular - is an exciting place to work.

I was a dogged reporter.

I was 36 when I had my first son, Thomas, and 39 when I had Hugo, my second.

We can't pretend that a Facebook friend is the same as a real friend you've shared times with together, both good times and difficult times.

Managers have to demand more of their HR departments, and they have to demand more of themselves. And we all have to be open to hiring people that don't look like us and that don't sound like us, and not find that threatening.

I think the single most important thing for a job interview is leave the phone in your bag and do not look at it for 20 minutes.

It's really important to be surrounded by people who are going to lift you up.

The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.

As I've gotten older, I've become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You start to understand that you can't control or fix everything on your own.

I think probably the moments of failure have been when I didn't really understand that other people were around to actually help me. There were moments when I thought I had to solve everything on my own, and I didn't realize that I had resources.

Make a list of all the people in your life, and rate them in terms of energy in, energy out. Is there anyone in your life right now who is blocking your love quest?

I don't really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me.

I love to be underestimated.

In the same way you pick idly at chips, promising this is literally your last one, you may be in a relationship that you know isn't going anywhere, but you're hungry for love, and it feels less frightening than nothing.

When I was growing up as a child, a magazine, to me, was like a finger beckoning me to the future.

Price is nothing when it comes to fashion. It's all about the style.

With beauty, I think one never finishes it. I'm always exploring. I like the concept of change.

Up until the age of 13, girls are confident, and they feel like they can conquer the world. Then adolescence sets in, and girls lose their confidence. And 'Seventeen' is really about them taking an hour out of their month, unplugging, lying on their bed, and reading a magazine that believes in them.

As the editor of 'Cosmopolitan,' I talk to hundreds of young women about the sometimes bewilderingly rapid changes taking place in our romantic lives and the role new technology plays in our search for intimacy and commitment.