Doris Duke Quotes

#1. Ninety percent of the time the very sight of you makes me want to commit murder. I think about carving the skin from your body and hanging it out as a warning to every other fool who thinks he can stand in my way."
"What about the other ten?

Nora Sakavic

#2. I've discovered, I guess, that it's fun to work.

Doris Duke

#3. it was a gift to her, and gifts given freely are a bit less likely to turn bad on you. It's

T. Kingfisher

#4. I'm not stingy. I'm just afraid of being an easy mark. People wouldn't have money long if they didn't ask how much things cost.

Doris Duke

#5. After I've gone out with a man a few times, he starts to tell me how much he loves me. But how can I know if he really means it? How can I ever be sure?

Doris Duke

#6. Life may be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others.

Isaiah Berlin

#7. I am living proof that money cannot buy friendship.

Doris Duke

#8. To lose one's name is the beginning of forgetting.

Keith Donohue

#9. When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education ... I still miss the classroom and recall those days fondly.

Paul Cook

#10. The idea of building a Near Eastern house in Honolulu must seem fantastic to many.

Doris Duke

#11. I'm the laziest person - that's my normal self. When I'm hanging around my house, I literally look like a tramp. I love being comfortable and having no make-up on.

Suki Waterhouse

#12. The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.

Catherine Ponder

#13. In my Indian bedroom, the carved, cut-out marble jalis, or screens, which were formerly used by Indian princes to keep their wives from other eyes, have a new purpose: they are not only decorations, but a means of security, for they can be locked without shutting off the air.

Doris Duke

#14. Learning sound layout principles is best accomplished in the light of simplicity... unencumbered by embellishment that hides the real meat of the matter.

Mike Stevens

#15. I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.

Mike Figgis

#16. I work on my body to stay fit, but that does not make me superior to anyone. I am a forthright and hardworking girl.

Amisha Patel

#17. Character is always more caught than taught.

Chip Ingram

#18. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to demand-free and asking but his company.

Milan Kundera