Oriental Quotes

44 Oriental quotes by 43 unique authors

If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing… — Swami Vivekananda
Marvelous oriental pace he's got, just like a Buddhist statue. — Harry Carpenter
The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long… — Olivia de Havilland
I've been looking at oil paintings from oriental artists lately, and the one artist who's inspired me right now is a man named Hokusai and… — Renee O'Connor
The problem of what to wear while lolling about the house on a Sunday afternoon is becoming more and more acute as the fashions in… — Robert Benchley
It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not… — Christopher Dawson
The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories… — Ralph Bakshi
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery. But… — James M. Cain
Those in the West who have adopted Christ as their own should remember that he was an Oriental. Love and sympathy for Jesus should be… — Paramahansa Yogananda
What is particularly intriguing, in fact, is that whereas many peoples tend to locate this experience (of the sacred) in certain unusual, if not 'supernatural'… — Conrad Hyers
I am NOT a belly dancer. I have never been one, and never will be. What I do is not what Hollywood vulgarly calls 'belly… — Unknown Author
There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself. — Matthew Reilly
The only thing Oriental about me is my face, — Soong May-ling
I’m thinking of a God very different from the God of the Christian and far and away from the God of Islam, because both are… — Antony Flew
We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If we… — Alexander Lowen
Tai chi does not mean oriental wisdom or something exotic. It is the wisdom of your own senses, your own mind and body together as… — Chungliang Al Huang
The whole conception of a God is a conception derived from the ancient oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men. We… — Bertrand Russell
HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the… — Ambrose Bierce
Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb, "The dogs bark but the caravan passes on"? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your… — Margaret Mitchell
Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation… — Napoleon Hill
I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse. — Thomas F. Wilson
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables,… — Max Nordau
A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what… — H. L. Mencken
In Botswana in the Kalahari Desert there's a tented camp called Jack's Camp, which is like old Africa meets Ralph Lauren. The Oriental rugs, the… — Mark Burnett
First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid… — William C. Brown

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