"You find out that the universe is a……" — Alan Watts
"You find out that the universe is a system that creeps up on itself and says 'Boo' and then laughs at itself for jumping."
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347 Quotes by Alan Watts
Alan Watts has 347 quotes on this site.
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The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not…
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Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.
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So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of…
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If the earth is man's extended body, to be loved and respected as one's own body, those who do no…
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The sound of the rain needs no translation.
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You can't figure out the Universe, especially if you're using figures to figure it.
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Man is a little germ that lives on an unimportant rock ball that revolves about a small star at the…
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But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora…
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If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of…
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The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. Like music also, it is fulfilled in each moment of its…
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To be alive spiritually man must have union with God and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union…
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We usually don't look. We overlook.
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More Boo Quotes
This quote is filed under Boo Quotes,
one of 236 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all…
— Lance Armstrong
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In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a…
— Herb Caen
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Every boo on the road is a cheer.
— Scotty Bowman
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How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000…
— Jacques Plante
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To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the…
— Robert Breault
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While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first…
— Jim Beaver
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The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the…
— Julia Gillard
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You don't BOO an Olympic Gold Medalist!
— Kurt Angle
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We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is…
— Wanda Sykes
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I wasn’t like, boo hoo, Bin Laden’s dead, but I wasn’t jumping. America’s a very nationalistic country, and in episodes…
— Jeremy Scahill
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I once wore a peekaboo blouse. People would peek and then they’d boo.
— Phyllis Diller
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