Pico Iyer Quotes

You can only make sense of the online world by going offline and by getting the wisdom and emotional clarity to know how to make the best use of the Internet.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WisdomBestWorldInternetYouKnow

I want to make sure people know I don't think I have any magic powers. I just have a story that I share.

John Darnielle

PeopleStoryThinkMagicKnowWant

I think the greatest player I've ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next, was Larry Bird. Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

John Salley

BirdThinkMagicNextAgainstEver

This paradox of vision - the genius of youthful ignorance - is nothing new. Had Bill Gates not been in diapers in the early days of computer software, he might have understood that there could never be a market for consumer software - but the 19-year-old Gates went ahead and cofounded Microsoft.

Steven Levy

VisionIgnoranceGeniusEarlyNew

What often, too often, happens in magazines is that you end up with a great editorial product, and then you're selling things that you don't really approve of.

Ruth Reichl

GreatEndYouSellingProductUp

I remember taking my brother's car out, pushing it down the driveway in neutral in the night, and going out joyriding with friends and getting flat tires and getting busted. My license was revoked by my dad. So, definitely, I was a kid. I was a teenage boy.

Matt Bomer

CarBrotherNightFriendsRemember

Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.

Mary Steenburgen

PeopleMeActingWayMoreAct

You put in the work, you should get to the playoffs.

Jason Pierre-Paul

WorkYouPlayoffsGetShouldPut

A lot of people might sit back and watch Dominick Cruz doing his footwork, and say, 'Oh, Dominick Cruz just dancing around, and he runs away.' It's a totally different atmosphere until you get in there, and you actually experience it.

Demetrious Johnson

ExperiencePeopleDoingYouBack

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Arnold Bennett

MotherMomUnderstandCleverShe

Everything's a lot easier when you work with someone you know just about as well as you know yourself.

Peter Farrelly

WorkYourselfSomeoneYouKnowWell

The forces that rescued Americans on Sept. 11, 2012, were not the U.S. military. They were not the militias that overthrew Gadhafi. They were Gadhafi devotees who were loyal to him and to the U.S. government with whom their leader reached a 'deal.'

Pete Hoekstra

LeaderGovernmentMilitaryHimLoyal

Motorcycle riding has been a passion of mine since my 20th birthday, and as a proud member of the American Motorcyclist Association and the Harley Owners Group, I can attest that responsible riding has many unique recreational benefits for millions of Americans.

Tim Walberg

BirthdayPassionMotorcycleProud

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