The Tao of Bill Murray Quotes

“There are many ways to be a spontaneous free spirit. One of them is to act before you think: Throw your body into the moment and let your mind catch up. With practice, your body and your mind will fly through the air together and you will learn to live in the present tense.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“Bill was the Cubs fan the whole nation looked to in the moment of victory: he was shocked and overjoyed and relieved of the weight he had been carrying around for decades. “I’ve been imagining this for a long time,” Bill said. With the”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“yourself.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“Who is that full-figured fellow?” “I’m not a man!” was the response. “You’re backlit, I’m sorry. You’re just bringing more to the party as far as I’m concerned.” Bill’s apology sounded sincere, but he didn’t dwell on the faux pas. “What’s up? What’s your question?” “What’s up, Bill Murray?” she asked. “Don’t worry—that’s not my question. I actually came all the way from Vancouver for this.” “Is anyone driving back to Vancouver after this?” Bill called out. “Is that the question?” “There’s a million things I could ask you right now,” she said. “The only thing that comes to my mind is ‘How does it feel to be you?’ ”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“His verdict: “I have several sons, but I only have one ball club.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“So when Bill showed up with a pizza, as he did periodically, Ovitz said, “We’d let him in, he’d actually have a pizza, we’d eat it, and then he’d disappear again. It was like that for years.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“It wasn’t surprising that Bill Murray was there too—but nobody expected him to stick around after the show, helping the stadium cleaning crew pick up the heaps of trash at the end of the night.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“We circled around for a long time because they were being very cautious. They didn’t want to lose me. That would have been noticed.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“2011: A boy wearing a San Francisco Giants shirt asked Bill Murray for an autograph. Inspecting the shirt, Bill asked the kid, “Are you willing to at least look at some Chicago Cubs literature?” “I have an uncle who lives near Chicago,” the boy volunteered. “Wouldn’t you rather spend time with him than your mother?” Bill asked. “Sure,” the boy said. Bill signed an autograph for him. “See?” Bill said. “Was that so hard?” Pro golfer D.A. Points, who”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“autograph for a fan, he mused, “You know, I was reading the Gettysburg Address the other day, and that guy was really onto something.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“On cutting off beer sales after the eighth inning: “Anybody who can’t get drunk at the ball game before the eighth inning doesn’t belong here.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“You can’t rely on Bill Murray to throw the party for you: Get the party started, and maybe Bill Murray will show up.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“He’s not trying to slow things down, but he likes to wander. If he sees a scooter and a bike, he’ll go look at it.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“Bill then addressed the room: “I have a little experience with this. I say, you know how funerals are not for the dead, they’re for the living? Bachelor parties are not for the groom, they’re for the uncommitted.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“All parties are good,” Bill has said. “Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behavior is acceptable.” The spell”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“In the weight room before a game against the Expos, pitcher Rick Sutcliffe asked Bill where his seats were. The answer was: “Up among the weird and the damned.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“Bill showed up bearing Polish sausages and explained that what he most enjoyed were baseball games with fielding errors, because it emphasized the human element in the game. (He didn’t comment on whether that was the root of his affection for the Cubs.)”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“While the earth spins, make yourself useful.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“When you become an adult and get to pick your pleasures, they should be worth picking.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“of. By really getting into your work, the nonessential stuff drops away.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

“There's a charming assholeness to Bill, and it's how really has gotten through life," remembered Betty Thomas..."That was how I thought of him, as this charming, always seducing, assholey kind of guy. But asshole in the old fashioned sense of asshole. Like, a jerk willing to make a fool of himself -- willing to do anything to get the girl. And there's something admirable about that, and there's something that makes you want to punch somebody like that.”
― Gavin Edwards, The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing