Aldous Huxley Quotes

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

Aldous Huxley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963

Topics

TimeWordsStandUniverseThreeOff

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

Anna Quindlen

ChildrenPeopleBuildingThinkKind

Reshoots are par for the course on any film. For me, I kind of love it because, as an actor, you always feel that there was a way you could have done it differently. Being able to go back and do some stuff again is always a blessing in my eyes.

Riz Ahmed

LoveEyesBlessingMeFeelYou

Many people have a profession or a job - most people do, I should think. And they do it. And that's what I did.

Ruth Rendell

JobPeopleThinkMostProfession

Patriarchy has stolen our cosmos and returned it in the form of 'Cosmopolitan' magazine and cosmetics.

Mary Daly

CosmosPatriarchyStolenCosmetics

There's a grace about the South and a toughness about it, too.

Mary Steenburgen

GraceToughnessAboutTooSouth

By all accounts, the senate race I ran in was a quality race in the wrong year.

Mike McGavick

QualityYearWrongRaceSenateRan

I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny.

Lita Ford

FeelingPlayBloodBecauseWanted

Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the Internet is now, I think that definition is getting a little more diffuse.

Joss Whedon

ThinkInternetSexPersonWayNever

You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become.

Brenda Fassie

FamousYouKnowBecomeMoreAppear

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

Bobby Jindal

FamilyYearStopHealthyWillReal

I always wanted to sing English songs, ever since I was, like, 10 or 12 years old.

Armaan Malik

OldAlwaysYearsEnglishSingSongs

Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off.

William Katt

CheapSignsSeeDollarMakeHit

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