Abhijit Iyer Quotes & Sayings

Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane. — Rio Ferdinand

I crossed my fingers. On both hands. Then my toes. I may have even crossed my eyes. — Marshall Thornton

Music is the highest art and to those who understand, is the highest worship — Swami Vivekananda

Nothin'," Alex says. "We'll talk later, chica. It's not a big deal."
"Don't chica me, Alex," his bride snaps.
"I think she's gonna deck him," Ben murmurs, amused. — Simone Elkeles

Crazy isn't rational and destruction becomes normal. — Ben Tolosa

Do not doubt that mountains walk simply because they may not appear to walk like humans. — Dogen

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real. — Colin Firth

When digital watches were invented years later they reminded me of five-minute checks. They murdered time in the same way -slowly- chopping off pieces of it and lobbing them into the dustbin with a little click to let you know time was gone. Click, swish, "Checks," swish, click: another five minutes of life down the drain. And spent in this place. — Susanna Kaysen

I would rather be known as someone who tried and failed, than someone who never tried at all. — Lindsey Rietzsch

I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea. — Carrie Fisher

They closed the door on the cabin. There wasn't room enough for them to stand, so they fell into each other's arms on the bunk.
Sam kissed her and tried not to think that it was for the last time.
He was happy. That was the hell of it. He was finally happy. Right here, right now, in this place, with this girl in his arms, he was happy. Was that why he felt the hammer about to fall on him? No, that was crazy. He was happy. Happiness didn't mean that tragedy was coming around the corner. Did it? — Michael Grant

Still, they were two thorns from the same thistle. Their tactics in terrorizing innocent ladies were identical. Their behavior was downright sinful, but what made it even worse was the fact that neither warrior seemed to realize the effect he had on others. — Julie Garwood

For some reason, comedy just comes easily to me, and I feel like I can do it. I don't have any doubt. When I work on drama, there's always a sense of 'Did I find this person's truth at the bottom of this?' And it's hard to tell sometimes. — Andrea Anders

The old brown hen and the old blue sky,
Between the two we live and die
The broken cartwheel on the hill. — Wallace Stevens

You can always add something to a bike, but you come to a point where you can't take anything away and that's a fixed gear bike — Graeme Obree