Oriental Quotes

Faulkner was almost oriental. I never got into Faulkner.

— Tom T. Hall

Those Oriental people work like dogs.

— Rob Ford

The only thing Oriental about me is my face,

— Soong May-ling

The world today needs both western thinking and oriental vision.

— Li Keqiang

I love Puccini and that oriental influence in his music.

— Johnny Mathis

I love how British people call Asian people 'oriental' unless they're talking about Indian people, who get to be called Asian.

— Mary H.K. Choi

You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil

— Rudyard Kipling

In London, I really like going to the Mandarin Oriental. They can even do my feet without tickling me.

— Lara Stone

Those Oriental people work like dogs. That’s why they’re successful in life. I went to Seoul, South Korea, I went to Taipei,…

— Rob Ford

Behold the difference between the Oriental and the Occidental. The former has nothing to do in this world; the latter is full…

— Henry David Thoreau

It will be a sad day for the world when the Oriental gent realizes that Western bumbling is only Eastern guile in…

— Kyril Bonfiglioli

“Since you came to birth in this world at this time, in this place, and with this particular destiny, it was this…

— Joseph Campbell

Shot me twice. I want my name, or I'm going to start charging you a fee every time I field something for…

— Kim Harrison

“Oriental’ has connotations of bamboo and flutes and red sunsets. It should only really be used to describe carpets, as the word…

— Nikesh Shukla

“In the West, people learn through the Socratic tradition. The education system was influenced by Western philosophy and is based on constantly…

— Sharanya Haridas

Through the din and desultoriness of noon, even in the most Oriental city, is seen the fresh and primitive and savage nature,…

— Henry David Thoreau

Since the Greeks, Western man has believed that Being, all Being, is intelligible, that there is a reason for everythingand that the…

— William Barrett

“But the Oriental musician has a rough notation which he uses only as a reminder of a melody. He learns music, not…

— Alan Wilson Watts

“you're the fly on the wall hearing all, seeing all ears of a wall hearing all the secrets perhaps you're the vines…

— Moonshine Noire