Quotes & Sayings About Bali

That's one of those questions that you think of a better answer for five minutes after you've answered it. — S.A. Tawks

You look at the world situation, look at London, Paris, Italy, it is all basically the same as the U.S. Then you look at other places such as India, Bali, with warmer climates, you know the Southern climates, they are very different. I think there is a time and place for everything and in Australia, for example, it is completely the opposite. I don't think we can be designing for that customer per se. — Donna Karan

I am not a religious person myself, but I did look for nature. I had spent my first sabbatical in New York City. Looked for something different for the second one. Europe and the U.S. didn't really feel enticing because I knew them too well. So Asia it was. The most beautiful landscapes I had seen in Asia were Sri Lanka and Bali. — Stefan Sagmeister

I went out to Bali, and I cast all of these supporting roles. I love that stuff. I just love actors. And then, Ryan Murphy asked me to direct second unit for him on Eat Pray Love. I was already booked on something else, but I joined them later. And then, I wrote him a thank you email and I got no response. I was like, "Okay, that's it." We didn't interact much on set either. — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Kissing making out on the ground Bali Hai Bali Hai Bali Hai! — Steven Pasquale

We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every other terrorist attack, whether in London, Madrid, Bali or Egypt. — Abraham Foxman

I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation. — Erin Cummings

In limbo is an indecisive manhalf dead half alive
Half on earth half in sky, neither can he run nor fly — Jagdish Bali

She knocked at the door, expecting a friendly greeting because of the atmosphere of this house, but, instead, the door opened just a crack and dark eyes stared at her for a moment. Then the door gradually opened and an elderly woman grabbed
Amelia's hand and yanked her inside.
Hurry! Get inside! — Linda Weaver Clarke

Staying out all night and sleeping most of the day is quite a drain on the wallet. — S.A. Tawks

For the millennium [New Year's Eve], you really have a choice to make. You either have to be naked with your head on fire and a shotgun in Bali or else you have to spend time with friends or family around the fireplace. And I'm choosing option B — Tom Morello

I've lived in Jakarta and have seen a lot more by living here, and I understand that there's so much more to Indonesia than just Bali and Jakarta. — Tony Fernandes

Sure, I might not be someone to look up to, but you're no role model either. — S.A. Tawks

My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. The other half is very Aztec. Neon ikat fabric pillows, vintage books piled up to the ceiling, and shutters from Bali. — Poppy Delevingne

Your choices can only be limited by your mind. — S.A. Tawks

A trance healer in Bali, an eagle woman, asked me, 'What is freedom, madam?' She had a chained eagle, her ally in healing, and it broke my heart, those huge, folded wings. So I asked her why the eagle couldn't fly free, why it was chained. And then her eagle eyes dug into mine, and she asked, 'What is freedom, madam? — Alma Luz Villanueva

Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too). — Elizabeth Gilbert

You'll be making so much cash that you won't know what to waste it on. — S.A. Tawks

The fact is that people who strap bombs to their bodies to blow up families at a Bar Mitzvah in Israel, plant bombs at a nightclub in Bali, or slit stewardesses' throats and ram airplanes filled with innocent Americans into office buildings do not do so for any reason related to poverty. They do so because they hold evil beliefs and have deformed consciences — Dennis Prager

When I go to Bali, when I come to India and travel and see different cultures. I make sure I'm involved in the world out there, creatively, culturally. — Donna Karan

It was [the concept of] nationalism that Indonesia was established on. Not the Javanese, not the Sumatran, not the Bornean, Sulawesi, Bali or others, but the Indonesian, that together became the foundation of one nationale staat (nation-state). — Sukarno

Another study notes about Bali: "Babies are encouraged to acquire quickly the capacity to sleep under any circumstances, including situations of high stimulation, musical performances, and other noisy observances which reflect their more complete integration into adult social activities." As — Sebastian Junger

[In Bali] life is a rhythmic, patterned unreality of pleasant, significant movement, centered in one's own body to which all emotions long ago withdrew. — Margaret Mead

I have a bit of a traveling addiction, and, ah, yeah. I went to, ah, Bali this summer. — Fisher Stevens

I'd gotten high enough to fly through time. — S.A. Tawks

A friend of mine is a chef in Bali, and another friend said, 'God, he's like Brad Pitt,' and I said, 'Yeah, I think he's more like arm Pitt,' 'cause, you know, 'Brad Pitt' would be a bit of an overstatement. — Owain Yeoman

I travel to Cambodia, Thailand, Bali, and Nairobi for my charities: Somaly Mam and Friends to Mankind. — Serinda Swan

What's inside is none of your business. Your business is getting it for him and getting it to him. — S.A. Tawks

I was far too nervous to be concerned about contributing to the conversations. — S.A. Tawks

Yeah," I said because it led to more options than 'no'. — S.A. Tawks

However, with a gut full of heroin, it's hard to be an optimist. — S.A. Tawks

In my defence, I did like my ex until she cheated on me. I just thought the feeling was love. — S.A. Tawks

Hardship is the best ship to board — Jagdish Bali

A donation to the police officer's back pocket should have you on your way without a problem. — S.A. Tawks

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive. — Arthur Erickson

Don't get me wrong, she was an attractive girl, but the last thing she needed was to get mixed up with me. — S.A. Tawks

For you, I do morning price. — S.A. Tawks

You need a break every once in a while to enjoy the everyday and you need the everyday to enjoy the break you take every once in a while. — S.A. Tawks

I guess having one hundred and four condoms full of heroin in your guts and the thought of a firing squad in your head make will make most things seem insignificant. — S.A. Tawks

Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go. — Diane Von Furstenberg

If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it's a way of bringing my travels with me. — Serinda Swan

Life, religion and art all converge in Bali. They have no word in their language for 'artist' or 'art.' Everyone is an artist. — Anais Nin

There has to be at least one other reason besides money that makes you do the things that you do. — S.A. Tawks

My first real foreign holiday was my honeymoon 20 years ago, and we went to Bali. It was particularly special for that reason, I enjoyed it very much - I had packed music scores and a practice drum pad, suspecting that I would be completely bored, but actually they remained in my case. — Evelyn Glennie

I figured this guy was a fair dinkum Australian. The type of guy that worked the land all day, cracked open a beer or two at night and called girls 'sheilas'. — S.A. Tawks

The day, like all good days, passed far too quickly. — S.A. Tawks

Even the infamous 2002 Bali bombing mastermind, Imam Samudra from the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jamaah Islamiyah, funded his attack in which more than 200 people were murdered with the $150,000 he obtained by hacking into Western bank accounts and credit lines. Samudra was technologically savvy and while in prison wrote an autobiographical manifesto containing a chapter titled "Hacking, Why Not?" In the book, Samudra shared his hacking and "carding" techniques with his disciples, encouraging them "to take the holy war into cyberspace by attacking U.S. computers, with the particular aim of committing credit card fraud, called 'carding,' " to fund operations. — Marc Goodman

Actually, I'd really love to do something in Bali, up in the mountains. A little restaurant with that scenery would be beautiful. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

If there's anything worse in this world than a bad batch of babi guling, it's hindsight. — S.A. Tawks

I'd shown interest, and showing interest in Bali means that the salesman is most likely going to walk away with your money. — S.A. Tawks

I don't make people smoke pot or meth, snort coke, put pills or tabs in their mouths or shoot themselves up with heroin. I just transport the stuff. — S.A. Tawks

Living the rest of my life in Kerobokan, waiting to die, was what I had in front of me. — S.A. Tawks

Both Rick and Amelia were impressed with their graceful movements. The Balinese dance was artistic with great expression. The dancers seemed to be telling a story through their fingers, hands and body gestures, including head and eye movements. It was amazing. Every gesture was elegant. — Linda Weaver Clarke

My old ways were much more appealing than my new ways. — S.A. Tawks

Your choice is your choice and you need to accept what happens, not shift the blame to someone else if it doesn't turn out your way. — S.A. Tawks

By the first mouthful I knew that I was going to get drunk that night. The drink tasted too good not to. — S.A. Tawks

My biggest problem is that my flight is to depart from Denpasar International Airport in Indonesia, where the penalty for drug trafficking is death by firing squad. — S.A. Tawks

You study Yoga in India, Liss?" he asks. "Yes, Ketut." "You can do Yoga," he says, "but Yoga too hard." Here, he contorts himself in a cramped lotus position and squinches up his face in a comical and constipated-looking effort. Then he breaks free and laughs, asking, "Why they always look so serious in Yoga? You make serious face like this, you scare away good energy. To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy. Even smile in your liver. Practice tonight at hotel. Not to hurry, not to try too hard. Too serious, you make you sick. You can calling the good energy with a smile. All finish for today. See you later, alligator. Come back tomorrow. I am very happy to see you, Liss. Let your conscience be your guide. If you have Western friends come to visit Bali, bring them to me for palm-reading. I am very empty in my bank since the bomb. — Elizabeth Gilbert

The island of Bali is littered with prayers. Sacred words, yes, but also sacred objects. — Jeremy Grimshaw

Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf holiday, and most people would dream of Scotland or Ireland. But Indonesia harbors one of the best-kept secrets in the world of travel: it is a golfer's paradise. — Raymond Bonner

There are big surfing communities in every country with an ocean coast that I know in Central and South America. Same with Mexico, Bali, and nearly every island nation that gets waves in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. But that's a relatively recent development in most places. — William Finnegan

My favorite place in Indonesia is Bali. I was there with my family in Nusa Dua, and my kids loved it. I'm a workaholic, so for me, Bali is a place where you can have a vacation, but you can have your own moment as well. You feel like you blend with nature - and I love the beach. — Joe Taslim

Don't just hope, dear. Plan and do. Only reserve hope for the things you cannot control. — S.A. Tawks

Do you remember that old song? 'She wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini ... — Linda Weaver Clarke

When you're in the safety of the future, the past doesn't seem so relevant. — S.A. Tawks

There are times when the state department says not to travel to a place, but I'll look it up and find out for myself. For years, even Bali was off the list because they had been bombed. I totally ignored that. — Rita Gelman

David Attenborough has said that Bali is the most beautiful place in the world, but he must have been there longer than we were, and seen different bits, because most of what we saw in the couple of days we were there sorting out our travel arrangements was awful. It was just the tourist area, i.e., that part of Bali which has been made almost exactly the same as everywhere else in the world for the sake of people who have come all this way to see Bali. — Douglas Adams

Appreciate the negatives. Because the negatives are what you learn from to make more positives. — S.A. Tawks

I also smoked two cigarettes, which was pretty good considering I could have smoked five if I'd really tried. — S.A. Tawks

Natural art is the most amazing form of art there is. — S.A. Tawks

Besides the pain in my gut, why shouldn't I laugh? I've almost escaped death in a foreign country. — S.A. Tawks

I could probably live in Bali the rest of my life and completely live in the sticks and have a f - king moped and make a record every couple of years and not step in public and break even like I do anyway. That's really tempting. — Ben Folds

He seemed like he was baiting me to ask, like he wanted me to know his troubles but wanted me to ask first. — S.A. Tawks

I'd gotten on the piss and it had kicked me the fuck off. Hard. — S.A. Tawks

I think that Richard was more of a one-girl-for-the-rest-of-your-life-marry-and-make-a-family kind of guy. — S.A. Tawks

I guess my biggest problem is that I find it easier to relapse than to carry through. — S.A. Tawks

A restaurant with candles and flowers evokes more reveries than the Isle of Bali does. — Mason Cooley

Someone else is looking for him?"
"That's right, two men." Mrs. Brody softly laughed and said "They look just like those men in that alien movie. Dressed in black suits and sunglasses. They don't have much of a sense of humor though. When they came to my door, I asked them if they were seeking aliens and I assured them I wasn't one. They didn't laugh at my joke. — Linda Weaver Clarke

My job had been to get the package from point A to point B and what happened after that did not need to concern me. I was just the mule. — S.A. Tawks

It'll be the biggest decision of my life. Knowing me, I'll probably make the wrong choice. — S.A. Tawks

Reassuring thoughts have a funny way of getting stuck on repeat. Then you wake up one day and you can't remember where you put the last thirty years of your life. — S.A. Tawks

I figured, what harm could come from a little bit of fun? Crabs. The Canadian girl gave me crabs. — S.A. Tawks

Can't get myself down by thinking about what could have been, right? — S.A. Tawks

You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet. — Grimes

Anxiety's already tingling my skin. — S.A. Tawks

There's no need to blame fate or destiny for a stupid decision. — S.A. Tawks

I figured that maybe he was only hanging around for the tea and tobacco and when one ran out, so would he. — S.A. Tawks

She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape. — S.A. Tawks

If Kumar had his way they would leave for Fiji every year just before Thanksgiving and not return until the New Year rang in and the decorations came down. They would swim with the fishes and lie on the beach eating papaya. On the years they were tired of Fiji they would go to Bali or Sydney or any sunny, sandy place whose name contained an equal number of consonants and vowels. — Ann Patchett

Take what happened to me in Bali. I planned on going to Ubud, then met a man on an airplane who told me it was too touristy. He gave me an address on the other side of the island, which turned out to be a palace where I lived for four years. — Rita Gelman

There is a saying in Bali: "We have no art. We do everything as beautifully as possible." This reflects my philosophy of practice. I try to remember daily what a gift it is to have the privilege of living in this wondrous world. — Sam Keen

I went to Bali, and I was in a small village, and somebody who was with me showed a woman a little figurine of Bart and asked: 'Do you know who this is?' And she said: 'Mickey Mouse.' — Matt Groening

Stay away from Europe, stay away from Japan, Australia. If you go to the Western world, you're gonna pay more money. You can spend five months in Bali for what you'd spend in one month in Europe. — Rita Gelman

I've been to Bali twice and Marrakech twice. I thought Vienna was great. I will take girlfriends to places they've never been before. — Eion Bailey

Do you want me to call the internet police for you? — S.A. Tawks

My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwhatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean. — Carolyn Murphy

I'm not a hero, though. I'm just a man. — S.A. Tawks

Our bags will be light because it's the best way to travel. — S.A. Tawks

When does relaxing turn into living? How can you call it relaxing when that is all you are doing? — S.A. Tawks

Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make? — S.A. Tawks