Pico Iyer Quotes

I sometimes think that so much of our life takes place inside our heads - in memory or imagination or interpretation or speculation - that if I really want to change my life, I might best begin by changing my mind.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeChangeBestImaginationMind

It's a nice thing that I have nothing to hide from people.

Jimmy Savile

PeopleHideNiceNothingThing

Walking out into the bush still feels the same as when I first came to Kenya in 1989, on the day the Berlin Wall came down.

Jochen Zeitz

DayWalkingDownWallFirstOut

Street-casting - people like Katie Jarvis in 'Fish Tank,' spotted having a row with her boyfriend on a railway platform - has helped make actors raise their game. They have to.

Joe Dempsie

PeopleGameFishRailwayHerRaise

You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

John Carpenter

LifeFightToughYouSometimesHard

Whether in services or in manufacturing, the trick is to stay ahead of the curve. I believe we should not wait to be disrupted - we should become disruptors ourselves.

Anand Mahindra

WaitBelieveAheadI BelieveBecome

While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.

Amartya Sen

I AmEconomicsPhilosophyTwoFields

Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.

Steve Buscemi

WomenMenMeInterestingFriends

I don't need security detail; I don't need anything special. I just walk around, and I can do that, and that's a real luxury when you're in my industry.

Sia

WalkDetailLuxuryYouSecurity

The most potentially transformative impact of social media is its ability to encourage brands to marry profit and purpose. The reason brands participate is that such outreach earns those companies social currency enabling them to start or participate in conversations that connect them to consumers in meaningful ways.

Simon Mainwaring

Social MediaPurposeStartImpact

I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.

Mary-Louise Parker

WorkTiredHearingGetSomebody

I grew up Catholic, so I feel guilty about everything.

Derek Cianfrance

FeelGuiltyEverythingUpI Feel

I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality; people have to sympathise with you to find you funny.

Chris O'Dowd

FunnyGoodQualityPeopleLooking

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