Iris Murdoch Quotes

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

Iris Murdoch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveLove IsWorthNo LoveWithout

I cut the labels out of my clothes because they scratch. Clothes are just little workhorses, aren't they?

Joanna Lumley

ClothesOutLittleCutJustScratch

The sacred books of all the world are worthless dross and common stones compared with Shakespeare's glittering gold and gleaming gems.

Robert Green Ingersoll

GoldWorldGemsWorthlessSacred

'Product life' is measured in months, not years, and as soon as you introduce a 'product,' understand that others in your business are going to reverse engineer it to duplicate the results after they circumnavigate the patents, the trademarks, and the intellectual property.

Michael Gerber

LifeBusinessYouResultsUnderstand

You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.

Michael Hastings

LifeMedicalSchoolLawTreatYou

I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked.

Michael Connelly

CrimeFictionClassicsOnlyRead

To excel at the highest level - or any level, really - you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

Stephen Curry

Believe In YourselfYourselfBelieve

When you haven't got a job, a joke is about the only thing that's free.

Simon Beaufoy

JobFreeYouJokeGotOnly

I adopted England as least as much as England adopted me.

Tom Stoppard

MeEnglandMuchLeastAdopted

I never want to be a film director - I want to be a teacher.

Rithy Panh

TeacherWantNeverDirectorFilm

Every fight is dangerous, no matter who you're fighting, no matter what the story behind it is.

Rose Namajunas

FightStoryFightingYouDangerous

We want Nelson Mandela and the people of South Africa to know that we will stand shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, until apartheid is eradicated.

Ron Dellums

PeopleStandKnowWantWillAfrica

I was born in Japan and moved to L.A. when I was six, and I grew up with Japanese culture. I was reading manga, and I read 'Death Note' in real time in Japanese.

Masi Oka

TimeCultureDeathReadingBornUp

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