Pico Iyer Quotes

I've yet to use a cellphone, and I've never tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day's writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot, and every trip to the movies would be an event.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: February 11, 1957

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More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value is in what he suggests and implies rather than in what he portrays, and more than any other poet must he wait to be understood by the growth of the taste of himself.

John Burroughs

GrowthValueWaitMoreHimTaste

Even God lends a hand to honest boldness.

Menander

GodHandBoldnessHonestEvenLends

I try to educate people about materialism through my work. I try to show them real visual luxury.

Jeff Koons

WorkPeopleLuxuryTryRealThrough

It's a very open-armed experience in Australia - you feel immediately welcomed - I felt being here for three months - honoured, delighted, proud.

Tom Parker Bowles

ExperienceProudFeelYouAustralia

It was fun to dance in heels, and personally, I love dancing.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is chock full of fabulous people who 'do good while doing well.'

Ron Gutman

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I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.

Mike Rowe

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New York is about success. Boston is about resentment.

Mike Barnicle

SuccessNew YorkNewBostonAbout

I take it very seriously, the photographic craft.

Juergen Teller

SeriouslyCraftTakePhotographic

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life.

Jose Saramago

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I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

Chris Hardwick

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I cry all the time - at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. 'The Notebook' killed me. 'Up' destroyed me.

Chris Pine

WorkTimeMeLadyCryUp

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