Top 449 Exotic Quotes & Sayings

She had lived in that house fourteen years, and every year she had demanded of John that she be given a pet of some strange exotic breed. Not that she did not have enough animals. She had collected several wild and broken animals that, in a way, had become exotic by their breaking. Their roof would have collapsed from the number of birds who might have lived there if the desert hadn't killed three- quarters of those that tried to cross it. Still every animal that came within a certain radius of that house was given a welcome-the tame, the half born, the wild, the wounded.

Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.

When I think about the most exotic, beautiful places, Porto is at the front of my mind. It's incredible, man. You have an idea of what Europe is like as an American, and people talk about Paris, Berlin and Stockholm, which are all great, but it wasn't until I went to Porto that I felt that idea of this exotic, beautiful, timeless place.

Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada.

And what exotic part of the world do you come from?

But, Christ, there's a difference between exotic and foreign, isn't there? Exotic means you know how to use your foreignness, or you make yourself a little foreign in order to appear exotic. Real foreign is a little scary, believe me.

Well, I'm certainly not Ragnor Fell the exotic dancer.

Through his long, productive career, Paul Theroux has mixed nonfiction books about exotic travel with novels set in exotic places. Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Honduras - he lives in and writes about places most of us never see.

As soon as I came to L.A., I was told that I was exotic. I'd think, But I'm from Miami! I'm as American as a cheeseburger!

It's the same mysterious exotic oriental fragrance as what the Beatles get off on.

What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.

I was lucky that one of my first movies, 'One Million Years B.C.' was made in Europe by a British company. The Brits, and a lot of the rest of Europe, seemed to really love exotic women. The fact that I was American and exotic just made me more appealing to them.

Actually, the British boarding school experience turns out to be not that exotic.

Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

Redheads get so stereotyped. You're either exotic and wild or totally Victorian.

The English are very exotic to me.

Of all the exotic aromas and experiences from my sojourn in Ethiopia, it’s the frankincense I miss most.

I absolutely adore sweets, especially the exotic variety, and am a fanatical chocoholic.

In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs.

I'll always love Paraguay. It's this most exotic place configured out of the imagination, the whole country.Paraguay will always be a special place in my heart. I go back a long way. I first arrived as a refugee in 1982 from the Falklands War. So it was a safe haven then, and it has become something exotic since then. I feel like I'd like the dust to settle a little bit before going back.

It's where you come from that's the strange, exotic, quirky, mad place.

Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not.

One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods.

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic

Exotic novelty. My statement to [people] is always, well, set this picture in your home town, is it still an interesting picture? Or is it just exotic? Would I care about this same picture minus its exoticism?

Calling something exotic emphasizes its distance from the reader. We don't refer to things as exotic if we think of them as ordinary. We call something exotic if it's so different that we see no way to emulate it or understand how it came to be. We call someone exotic if we aren't especially interested in viewing them as people - just as objects representing their culture.

I want it to be easy to read. I'm not writing exotic literature.

I think the thing about Anne Boleyn is there is an exotic quality to her. This is a woman who wasn’t raised in the English court. She was in the French court and Hapsburg court. She has a continental exotic quality to her. She’s quite a fiery woman and incredibly intelligent. So I think Anne really stood out – fire and intelligence and boldness – in comparison to the English roses that were flopping around court, she would’ve stood out. And Henry noticed that.

An exotic and irrational entertainment.

There is much to be said for exotic marriages. If your husband is a bore, it takes years longer to discover.

Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.

If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role.

Girls are like exotic birds. They are pretty to look at but hard to catch.

An exotic birthplace on its own is not informative of anything.

My clothes are feminine, sexy, cheerful and exotic.

You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence. —Tybalt

Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs.

I don't have a sponsor or come from an exotic country where I can bring tonnes of money.

Mammals are very close to us, but bugs are strange. They're more mysterious and exotic.

Sandra Kasturi's magical poems transform the ordinary into the surreal and exotic.

Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience.

I celebrate my life, whether it's being a single mother, wearing diamonds, or holidaying in exotic places.

London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.

Great,' I said. 'Visit exotic Australia. Get bitten by an exotic snake. Die exotically.

Maybe the way we have learned to look has changed in the last 25 years, and the exotic is much more acceptable. There are many artists now, younger artists, who work out of the exotic.

[On her writing agenda:] Make the familiar exotic; the exotic familiar.

People always like things that seem exotic.

I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

I don't see myself as exotic.

For me exotic means beaches, palm trees and sand and frolicking in the ocean

Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.

The choice between starving and being eaten is an exotic one.

Assassin?...that sounds so exotic...i was just a murderer

I never came out to the Hamptons when I was younger - it was always a fancy and exotic place.

God, you Jews are truly exotic." Exotic? She should only know the Greenblatts. Or Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sharpstein, my father's friends. Or for that matter, my cousin Tovah. Exotic? I mean, they're nice, but hardly exotic with their endless bickering over the best way to combat indigestion or how far back to sit from the television set.

When somebody else calls you exotic, exotic is a box - it's the stereotype of snake charmers and face jewelry. You're just that stereotype. But I don't get offended anymore. I used to get offended by things that were said to me, or how I was seen. Now I educate. If I get pissed off, I'll educate in a sassy way. Other times I educate in a Gandhi-like way. You know - I have my moods.

I'm from the East Coast, and so therefore, the Pacific Northwest forest is very exotic land to me.

Gamelan instruments are exotic and mysterious.

Just because you have an exotic animal as a pet does not make you a danger or irresponsible.