Alan Watts Quotes

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile.

Alan Watts

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973

Topics

PeopleFeelPersonAlwaysStillWho

When I finish a song, I thank God for bringing me through. You have to press on and know your calling. That's what I've been doing for all my life. I just went forward.

Andrae Crouch

LifeGodMeSongForwardThank God

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

Sonam Kapoor

PeopleMeWhyAlwaysThingsSeason

Rex Harrison could be a rather mean-spirited man, and he wasn't regarded very warmly by those who knew him.

Roger Moore

ManHimWhoKnewRatherHe

I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would love it if I could.

Romola Garai

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My hair's a pain in live performance. I'm always inhaling it: I almost choked to death a couple of times.

Dimebag Darrell

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Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism was legion.

Dennis Prager

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Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

Bryan Batt

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Earth was not built to serve the needs of humans.

Tim Cope

EarthServeNeedsBuiltHumans

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

Richard M. Nixon

ManNever ForgetForgetNeverPolicy

Programming is usually taught by examples.

Niklaus Wirth

ProgrammingExamplesTaught

I think every actor would probably say that it's always a collaboration. And if you ask directors, they'll tell you that they expect the actors to bring something. They don't want to be thinking for everybody.

Mark Consuelos

CollaborationThinkThinkingYouSay

I've always wanted to be in the health and wellness business. I try to encourage people to live a healthy lifestyle.

Mark Wahlberg

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