Morris West Quotes

And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.

Morris West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: April 26, 1916 - October 9, 1999

Topics

PeopleMeEnoughWriteAlwaysMust

Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.

Jean Paul Gaultier

BelieveClothesYouExpensiveBuy

I don't even know what my voice is to this day.

Tom Stoppard

DayVoiceKnowEven

It's not easy casting the men. You have to go gingerly, but you have to approach the right man at the right time because men don't want to play second fiddle to a woman. That's the truth.

Rosamund Pike

TruthTimeMenWomanManYou

When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do.

Russell Simmons

ChangeBusinessSmartPeopleMeYou

At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.

Louis Leakey

YearsSurveyGeologyMadeGeneral

My mindset was that I was always going to be in Toronto my whole career, but I was never naive.

DeMar DeRozan

MindsetCareerNeverNaiveToronto

When I first started, I was much weaker of a singer because I wasn't used to singing so much. Now I've learned, when I'm singing on stage, not to go over. You can go over and mess yourself up. I used to do it all the time, wouldn't know how to preserve it for the next show.

Brittany Howard

TimeYourselfSingingYouGoKnow

I do lead a careful diet, I don't overeat, I have fruit and vegetables every day and I drink a lot of water. And my darling wife keeps me so young it is ridiculous. Being with her is an inspiration as well.

Bruce Forsyth

WaterDayWifeMeFruitDiet

When I was younger, I went through a lot of different phases. One day I'd be punk rock, and the next I would be tomboyish, and then I would be really girly. I was so weird. My two best friends and I were just crazy and goofy!

Ashley Benson

BestDayCrazyWeirdFriendsRock

I had no idea what being on stage would be like or how I'd react to the applause. I didn't think I deserved their applause. Then I realized I'd done something to make them feel something. That made it okay. But it was weird. A nice weird.

Wilson Cruz

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Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

Sharon Salzberg

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I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

Shaun White

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