Oriental Quotes

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

We've tried very hard to be neutral. And we've tried not to let the hotel become some 'Disney Oriental' and remain rather traditional. - Valentine Vester

We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides. - Junichiro Tanizaki

Transcending stereotypes was difficult... Often people don't want to know what was true. They want to know what is attractive. The fact of the matter is, no one in the mid-19th century here was using Oriental rugs; they were using wall-to-wall carpet. - Robert Hicks

This past season was one of the worst we've had with the Oriental fruit moth. - Anthony Owens

This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition. - Omar Sharif

There is a great similarity in some folk music in Assam and those in some parts of China. We have roped in Isaac, as he has good knowledge on oriental music. - Manju Bora

Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt. - Isaac D'Israeli

The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms. - Bertrand Russell

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 which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. - Ralph Bakshi