Top 80 Waris Quotes
#1. My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.
Waris Dirie
#2. I worked as President of House of Waris for a year and a half, and Waris is one of my favorite people. He is not only a talented designer but also a warm and genuine person and a pleasure to work with.
Aslaug Magnusdottir
#3. My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.
Waris Ahluwalia
#6. My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.
Waris Ahluwalia
#7. I am less comfortable saying I am a jeweller and more comfortable saying I am a story teller.
Waris Ahluwalia
#8. Supporting causes with whatever we do can be effective.
Waris Ahluwalia
#9. Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.
Waris Dirie
#10. I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
Waris Ahluwalia
#12. If you want an out-of-the-box event, you need to bring the idea out of the box.
Rehan Waris
#13. My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
Waris Ahluwalia
#14. I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.
Waris Dirie
#15. You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
Waris Ahluwalia
#16. I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
Waris Dirie
#17. I primarily live in New York City, a place that is about constants, not letting up and not stopping.
Waris Ahluwalia
#18. I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
Waris Ahluwalia
#19. Women's loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind
Waris Dirie
#20. Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.
Waris Ahluwalia
#21. Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.
Waris Dirie
#22. I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.
Waris Dirie
#23. This moment of dawning is called taqwa - God-consciousness, and ihsan - awareness. Suddenly you know that God can see you and knows you, even if you do not know or see Him.
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
#24. I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.
Waris Ahluwalia
#25. I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.
Waris Ahluwalia
#27. I'm a traditionalist with suits. It doesn't need extra pockets, and I don't want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers who do different things, but for me, the most basic version of that item is what I want.
Waris Ahluwalia
#28. Don't do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.
Waris Dirie
#30. I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
Waris Ahluwalia
#32. I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
Waris Ahluwalia
#33. I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.
Waris Ahluwalia
#34. I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
Waris Ahluwalia
#35. I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.
Waris Ahluwalia
#36. Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.
Waris Dirie
#37. I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.
Waris Ahluwalia
#38. I went through different styles but realized Ray-Bans are the classics. You can't go wrong with them. I explore and cheat on them occasionally, but I always go back to the aviators.
Waris Ahluwalia
#40. Amongst many qualities of a true leader, he is a successful manager who has mastered the art of people management.
Rehan Waris
#41. If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
Waris Ahluwalia
#42. When you give life to an idea it becomes an event.
Rehan Waris
#44. I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.
Waris Ahluwalia
#45. There's more to me than fashion. I just don't want to be seen as fashion.
Waris Ahluwalia
#46. Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.
Waris Dirie
#47. I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
Waris Ahluwalia
#48. I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
Waris Dirie
#49. People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
Waris Ahluwalia
#50. I made two rings for myself, and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields, and they essentially bought them off my hands.
Waris Ahluwalia
#52. I do believe in standing for something more than just a product.
Waris Ahluwalia
#56. 'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
Waris Ahluwalia
#57. Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.
Waris Dirie
#58. I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
Waris Dirie
#59. Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
Waris Ahluwalia
#60. I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.
Waris Ahluwalia
#61. FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.
Waris Dirie
#62. Multilevel multitasking multiplied multiple times is Event Management.
Rehan Waris
#64. I like there to be some interest in every element of my life.
Waris Ahluwalia
#65. Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
Waris Dirie
#66. I love my passport. I plan trips very last minute, so I always carry it with me.
Waris Ahluwalia
#67. Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
Waris Dirie
#68. My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.
Waris Ahluwalia
#70. I have so many friends and obligations, and I want to go out and support people. But we eat at home.
Waris Ahluwalia
#71. Each empty seat in the auditorium, is the probability of what you should have done and not done.
Rehan Waris
#73. I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.
Waris Ahluwalia
#74. I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.
Waris Ahluwalia
#75. I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.
Waris Ahluwalia
#76. I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.
Waris Dirie
#78. I like having a tailor everywhere because I am everywhere.
Waris Ahluwalia
#79. People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour ... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
Waris Ahluwalia
#80. Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.'
Waris Dirie
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