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Alex Morritt Quotes | Quotes said by Alex Morritt

  • Alex Morritt Quote #1

    A fine single malt whisky, of course, is purely medicinal - it cures all manner of ailments one may care to imagine.


  • Alex Morritt Quote #2

    Age is a seasoned trickster. To our parents, we will always be children. Within ourselves, the same yearnings of youth; the same aspirations of adolescence, will last a lifetime. Only to the young - blinded by our grey hair and slowing gait - do we appear old and increasingly beyond the pale.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #3

    As with all new inventions, there are upsides and downsides. The commercial drone is no exception. But until robust safeguards have been introduced to protect personal privacy from prying eyes in the skies, the true benefits to society of unmanned aerial vehicles will remain unrealised.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #4

    Every giant leap for mankind resulting from a technological advance requires a commensurate step in the opposite direction - a counterweight to ground us in humanity.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #5

    For millenia migrating birds have filled the skies, heading south in search of
    warmer climes and richer pickings. Conversely, these days, droves of our fellow beings struggle northbound against all odds, seeking safety and a better life. The key difference ? This vast exodus of human traffic moves in one direction only. A testimony to failed foreign policy and disastrous military intervention that may have sown the seeds of European disintegration.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #6

    Happy New Year' is a festive form of address often uttered without thinking. Yet how many souls will in fact be happy in the coming year is a taxing question requiring a great deal more thought.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #7

    How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellows

  • Alex Morritt Quote #8

    How many of your contemporaries - when asked the question 'Are you glad you had kids'? - invariably respond 'Yes, but..'?

  • Alex Morritt Quote #9

    If 'seeing is believing' what happened to taste, touch, sound and smell ? Did our creator really intend to favour sight over the other senses ? I don't believe so.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #10

    If bread - the staff of life - feeds the body; stories nourish the soul.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #11

    If ever an obsolete term urgently needed redefining, the humble 'glove compartment' would surely win any contest hands down.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #12

    If paparazzi armed with telephoto lenses have long been the scourge of the rich and famous; civilian drones are fast becoming the new menace to the ordinary man on the street.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #13

    If the original architects of the 'European dream' were to wake from their slumber, they would no doubt be turning in their graves at the threats to the Union posed by today's unparalleled mass migration and surge in home grown terrorism. Luckily for them, it is the nightmare of Europe's current leaders to ponder the challenges of reinstating national borders, curbing free movement of people, combating extremism, all of which in turn may lead to disintegration of the European Union itself and all that it stands for.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #14

    Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?

  • Alex Morritt Quote #15

    Life is indeed colourful. We can feel in the pink one day, with our bank balances comfortably in the black, and the grass seemingly no greener on the other side of the fence. Then out of the blue, something tiresome happens that makes us see red, turn ashen white, even purple with rage. Maybe controlling our varying emotions is just 'colour management' by another name.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #16

    Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #17

    Motorcycle adventures are the perfect antidote to middle age.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #18

    Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #19

    New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #20

    Oil may run out, liquidity may dry up, but as long as ink flows freely, the next chapter of Life will continue to be written.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #21

    Owning a drone does not a pilot make.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #22

    Owning fewer keys opens more doors.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #23

    Red onion skins and New Year's Eve have much in common - they both peel away to reveal new vibrancy.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #24

    Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #25

    The 'Selfie Stick' has to top the list for what best defines narcissism in society today.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #26

    The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices, the less time we have left to develop true friendships in the real world.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #27

    The word 'friend' has become so utterly void of meaning in a world governed by social media. How can anyone truly claim to have eleven hundred friends ? In my book that would involve making time to meet at least three of them every day of the year.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #28

    There is already enough chattering nonsense on the ground. Do we really need aviaries in pressurised tin cans at 30,000 feet as well ?

  • Alex Morritt Quote #29

    When a political opponent resorts to the racist card, it's a sure sign of moral bankruptcy: there's no decent argument left in the armoury.

  • Alex Morritt Quote #30

    Why the obsession with worldly possessions ? When it's your time to go, they have to stay behind, so pack light.

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