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.

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• When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Time
  • Love
  • Moving

• I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • World
  • Good
  • Past

• There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Country

• I'm moving forward to do the best.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Moving
  • Best
  • Moving Forward

• I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Think

• I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and see two guys talking to each other, and I will just start playing both characters. I can't hear them, but I can see their mouths moving, so I'll just put words in their mouths.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Words
  • Light
  • Moving

• I don't run on the treadmill, because there's no treadmill moving for you on the soccer field.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Moving
  • Soccer
  • Run

• I wanted to get away from the Mexican vernacular and do more 'nuevo Latino.' Americans are starting to understand regionality in Mexican food. It is very regional in terms of ingredients.

  

  Aaron Sanchez
  • Food
  • Understand
  • Mexican

• I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Together
  • Support
  • Desire

• I look forward to representing the voters of District 30 and moving the state in a new direction.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Moving
  • New
  • Direction

• The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Moving
  • Challenge
  • Moving Forward

• In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • You
  • Moving
  • Philosophy

• Companies are always being bought and sold. The markets are always moving; you have to be on top of your position. And in the U.S., the market is never closed for more than three days. The only time the market was ever closed was 9/11. I think it may have been closed the whole week.

  

  Karen Finerman
  • Time
  • May
  • Moving

• The strangest thing about the low quality of Internet argument is that effective argument isn't really so difficult. Sure, not everyone can be Clarence Darrow, but anyone who wants to be at least competent at argument can do it.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • Quality
  • Argument
  • Effective

• And that because the moving parts are a million times smaller than the ones we're familiar with, they move a million times faster, just as a smaller tuning fork produces a higher pitch than a large one.

  

  K. Eric Drexler
  • Moving
  • Move
  • Million

• You can't let fear paralyze you. The worse that can happen is you fail, but guess what: You get up and try again. Feel that pain, get over it, get up, dust yourself off and keep it moving.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Up
  • Fear
  • Pain

• So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Think
  • Moving
  • Direction

• Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again.

  

  Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran
  • Moving
  • Start
  • Gym

• It certainly would be helpful going forward for deficit reduction efforts to focus on the medium term while not subtracting from the impetus we need to keep a fragile economy moving forward.

  

  Janet Yellen
  • Focus
  • Moving

• I am supporting many Republican candidates who embrace the principles and policies set forth in Speaker Ryan's vision and who are committed to moving our country forward on the right path.

  

  Kenneth C. Griffin
  • Country
  • Moving
  • Vision

• At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.

  

  Ziaur Rahman
  • Taken
  • Head
  • Direction

• No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice. … No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations.

  

  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • People
  • Earth
  • Peace

• Even the police have an unlisted number.

  

  Morey Amsterdam

• 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
  • Moving