Pico Iyer Quotes

Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HappinessMoneyPovertyBuyKnew

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

Stan Kroenke

TeamDreamAlwaysOwnNBASomeday

It's not as if I've been unlucky. My books have been published and reviewed. I haven't lived through terrible literary suffering!

Siri Hustvedt

SufferingThroughUnluckyLivedBeen

I wouldn't sell those New York actors short.

Sissy Spacek

TryHumanIlluminateHuman Condition

You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.

Sidse Babett Knudsen

TravelHumilitySpeakLanguageYou

I'm sorry to bang on about it because I know everyone is, but Bryan Cranston in 'Breaking Bad' is remarkable. To see him switch from 'Malcolm in the Middle' to suddenly become Walter White is incredible. It's a) nice to see an actor given that chance, and b) great to see him really take full advantage of it.

Tom Mison

GreatSorryChanceBadWhiteNice

To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair.

Rodney Alexander

ThinkFairCoward

You know what? I'm really attracted to British women, there's something innately proper about them. However badly they behave their accent is so cute that it makes up for everything!

Josh Hartnett

WomenCuteYouKnowEverythingUp

The original 'Caddyshack' with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray is one of the best comedies ever made.

Jonathan Silverman

BestOriginalChaseChevyMadeEver

I get so many people coming up to me being like, Aahhh! And I'm like, what the hell? I'm just me!

Jorja Smith

PeopleMeHellComingUpGet

Reforms to product and labour markets, education, innovation, green growth, competition, taxes, health - they are the things that should be the object of our primary focus in the context of a long-term strategy to restore sustained growth.

Jose Angel Gurria

EducationGrowthInnovationHealth

I had a happy childhood, with many stimulations and support from my parents who, in postwar times, when it was difficult to buy things, made children's books and toys for us. We had much freedom and were encouraged by our parents to do interesting things.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

FreedomChildrenChildhoodSupport

Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.

William Warburton

ImaginationMindBetterEnthusiasm

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