Morris West Quotes
Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel.
Quotes to Explore
-
I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.
-
I love talking about myself.
-
I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
-
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
-
There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
-
One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.
-
Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there.
-
I was just, like, all I want to do is be really good at something. Really, really good at something, so people are vaguely impressed by me.
-
What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we've sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers.
-
I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that.
-
I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. I should be dead ten times over.
-
I love being with my friends, relaxing and talking.
-
I just don't think it's appropriate talking about family stuff publicly.
-
I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.
-
I've been really impressed with the way he has come back from the Under 21 World Cup and taken his form into club rugby.
-
How do you know it'll be pleasurable?" He got on the bed and lay down. Breath a whisper, she came closer and tied one wrist to the headboard. The cat growled but didn't try to make him wrench free. "Because just looking at you gives me the most extreme pleasure I've ever felt." "Christ, baby, tie me up before you start talking like that.
-
I have learned that frustration is allowed and talking it through is necessary.
-
If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.
-
In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It is a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.
-
I have stacks and stacks of journals. I'll change the names if I ever decide to publish them.
-
Just really believe in yourself and stay true to yourself.
-
They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.
-
Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel.
