Quotes about Maurice

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Can one name a single nation that has not turned to the West in its quest for civilization?

Robin Gibb

It makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of Maurice.

Barry Gibb

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

Barry Gibb

Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

James Ivory

I was in New York one day, and this guy ran off a bus, grabbed me, and told me that 'Maurice' had changed his life. I've also had it many, many times in England.

Richard Nixon

When I die.

Abe Fortas was the last Jew to hold the so called “Jewish Seat” at the time but had resigned due to his closeness with LBJ. Ironically, Nixon who detested all minorities, chose a Jew, Henry Kissinger, as his closest confidant in the cabinet, and Kissinger and Nixon together achieved the greatest successes of the Nixon administration.

James Ivory

But our writer, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - it was very much in her mind. After we had done 'A Room With a View' and 'Maurice,' she urged us to think about 'Howards End' as another candidate for adaptation.

James Ivory

Lots have said since what the film Maurice meant to gay men. I had a guy in New York who recognized me and jumped off a bus to tell me how I changed his life. Isn't that something?

Maurice Quotes