William Morris Quotes
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
Quotes to Explore
-
The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
-
I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
-
My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
-
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
-
Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
-
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
-
Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
-
Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
-
I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
-
I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
-
Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
-
It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
-
While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
-
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
-
On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
-
If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
-
If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
-
The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
-
The biggest test for any cricketer in England is the weather.
-
Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?
-
As a kid, all I thought about was death.
-
Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
-
The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth.
-
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
