Iris Murdoch Quotes

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.

Iris Murdoch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999

Topics

HappinessBusySelfMatterEveryday

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Joan Baez

ForgivenessKnowHardestOneself

I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off.

John Hewson

HabitQuestionAcademicOffShould

Look at what is average in your area, your industry, and your company and then be better. That could be as simple as reading another book each month or attending a seminar each year. On the other hand, it also means acknowledging what 'average' actually is and how you, as the owner, arrive at that figure.

Michael Gerber

SimpleBookReadingBetterYearYou

I couldn't resist painting Orpheus and Charon on the River Styx. There was something strangely intriguing about seeing Orpheus playing his lyre as he is being shuttled across the river.

John Rocco

RiverPaintingSeeingSomethingHe

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

Stephen Gardiner

CommunityArchitectureIndividual

It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

Michael Ondaatje

YourselfYouCreateWhyArgue

I simply think that water is the image of time, and every New Year's Eve, in somewhat pagan fashion, I try to find myself near water, preferably near a sea or an ocean, to watch the emergence of a new helping, a new cupful of time from it.

Joseph Brodsky

SeaTimeWaterMyselfOceanFashion

It was a good experience for me to be in the same camp as Minto when he was preparing for Shane Cameron, to see the weaknesses and strengths he brings.

Joseph Parker

GoodExperienceMeSameSeeHe

I learned that deep within myself, if I fight to the end, I can always find a way to win.

Denis Shapovalov

MyselfFightWinDeepEndFind

Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

Brit Hume

PeopleJournalismServeAboveSome

I love women that have an ease to the way they dress. I think Vanessa Paradis and Alexa Chung do that very well.

Ashley Madekwe

LoveWomenDressThinkWayWell

I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

Peter Doig

LoveLivingQuiteHarshI Love

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