Pico Iyer Quotes

Something in us is telling us we're moving too fast, at a pace dictated by machines rather than by anything human, and that unless we take conscious measures, we'll permanently be out of breath.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MovingFastHumanOutAnythingTake

I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling the money supply. And - if it insists, it can worry about inflation.

Jeremy Grantham

MoneyThinkToolsWorrySettleDeal

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer, decentralized form of money, as durable as the Internet itself. Remember, the Internet - or DARPA, as it was originally called - was created as a fail-safe, global network with no 'single point of failure.' If one part goes down, data takes another route, and nothing is lost.

Max Keiser

FailureMoneyInternetDataRemember

So great is society's demand for information that we can no longer say that all the news gathered is worthy of airing. Much of it is not.

Robert Kardashian

GreatSocietyInformationNewsSay

I find it difficult to believe that Redditors don't understand that anonymity online is merely a facade; indeed, it's probably one of the reasons that revealing the identity of pseudonymous Redditors is looked on as such a huge betrayal.

John Scalzi

IdentityBelieveFindBetrayal

I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old.

Steve Stoute

BusinessAdvertisingRunOldYears

There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters.

Simon Wiesenthal

TodayWaitingAliveForgetPossible

For me to compete at the highest level, training and living a healthy lifestyle is an everyday focus for me, and I'm excited to be a part of the Everyday Awesome team!

Simone Biles

FocusTrainingMeTeamLiving

I just want people to know me.

Romeo Santos

PeopleMeKnowWantJust

A lot of shows, things will just simmer and simmer and maybe never explode into the open, or only risk exploding into the open when it's clear that the series has gotten to its endgame. So I'm always impressed - but not surprised - when 'Scandal' just completely goes for it.

Joshua Malina

MomentJobMeNowWestSomething

There are those who believe that power is up above, and they don't notice that it's actually in the hearts of the great masses.

Jose Mujica

PowerGreatBelieveUpAboveHearts

As enjoyable as it is when you're just writing and getting feedback from family members, it's 10 times more enjoyable, or 100 times more enjoyable, when you actually start getting paid for it, and people start reading your books, and once in a while you get a good review.

Arthur Slade

FamilyGoodPeopleWritingStart

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.

William Wycherley

LoveLove IsRichYouLoseGaming

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