Alex Morritt Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Owning fewer keys opens more doors. — Alex Morritt

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

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

The pen may indeed be mightier than the sword, but the wordsmith would do well to welcome the blacksmith back into the fold, so that artisan craftsmanship the world over may fend off the ravages of industrialised homogeneity and bland monoculture. — Alex Morritt

Motorcycle adventures are the perfect antidote to middle age. — Alex Morritt

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

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

Better to reach your deathbed with regrets for things done rather than remorses for things never tried. — Alex Morritt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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