English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Iris Murdoch Quotes

Iris Murdoch quote: "Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how..."

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Iris Murdoch

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done. John Mica
Dr. Seuss quote: "You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights!..."
You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high flierswho soar to high heights. Dr. Seuss
I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where we need to address some issues he seems to have. He's had good marathon coaches - both Brad Hudson and me. He's figured out the fueling. He's got this incredible aerobic engine. But something's still wrong. Alberto Salazar
Rene Magritte quote: "The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb."
The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. Rene Magritte
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance. Joseph Brodsky
Rudolf Nureyev quote: "My feet are dogs."
My feet are dogs. Rudolf Nureyev
George Osborne quote: "Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in..."
Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. George Osborne
I have really diverse tastes, which can be problematic sometimes, but it's good because it means I'm always listening to as much music as possible. I love listening to music, whatever genre it is. Richard Fleeshman
What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood. Mary Tyler Moore
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose! Judy Blume
To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism. Shunryu Suzuki
John Berry quote: "The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not..."
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. John Berry
We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be. Anne Lamott
The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator. Manuel Puig
Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations. Alfred Jarry