My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'
Paula PoundstoneI made mistakes and I broke the law and I'm more than willing to pay a price for that. But there's a price beyond that that my children have paid, and that's not what was supposed to happen.
Paula PoundstoneI was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would go back to bed for an hour, so I was sort of babysat by television.
Paula PoundstoneThe mistakes that I made I made because I drank too much. I don't think that's going to happen any more. Am I going to make mistakes as a parent? Sadly, every day. I'm looking around for the perfect parent and I haven't seen one yet.
Paula PoundstoneIโm an atheist. The good news about atheists is that we have no mandate to convert anyone. So youโll never find me on your doorstep on a Saturday morning with a big smile saying โJust stopped by to tell you there is no word. I brought along this little blank book I was hoping you could take a look at.โ
Paula Poundstone