Pico Iyer Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
-
It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
-
I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.
-
It's very hard to live in an environment where you're reminded, constantly told that your existence just happens to be here... That you are not meant to be here.
-
I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
-
You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest.
-
Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
-
High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
-
I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
-
It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
-
I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we've been talking, I think that's really fun.
-
Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
-
The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote.
-
Coming up, the music of my era was very conscious. I grew up on Public Enemy, and it was popular culture to be aware. People were wearing Malcolm X T-shirts and Malcolm X hats. It was a very cool thing to know who Malcolm X was. It was all in the lyrics. It was trendy to be conscious and aware.
-
My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.
-
Everything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.
-
I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.
-
Oh what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
-
Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next.
-
I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
-
I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.
-
The very life which we enjoy is short.
-
We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.
