Parvathy Nair Quotes & Sayings

Sir, what is a pearl?"
"My worthy Ned," I answered, "to the poet, a pearl is a tear of the sea; to the Orientals, it is a drop of dew solidified; to the ladies, it is a jewel of an oblong shape, of a brilliancy of mother-of-pearl substance, which they wear on their fingers, their necks, or their ears; for the chemist, it is a mixture of phosphate and carbonate of lime, with a little gelatine; and lastly, for naturalists, it is simple a morbid secretion of the organ that produces the mother-of-pearl among certain bivalves. — Jules Verne

Miss Marple always sees everything. Gardening is as good as a smoke screen, and the habit of observing birds through powerful glasses can always be turned to account. — Agatha Christie

I breathed the air of deliverance through books, and through books I leapt over the walls of confinement.. — Bill Ayers

You start a question, and it's like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others ... — Robert Louis Stevenson

Melchett said gloomily, 'Well, we know where we are
or rather, where we aren't!'
'Where we aren't expresses it rather better, sir. — Agatha Christie

Even if you don't believe in God and you're praying to the Universe, you're being honest with yourself. Putting your energy into the world shows that you are open to change, to learn, and to receive help. — Demi Lovato

A really good writer is hard to find and can be expensive. A bad writer is easy to find and can be really, really expensive! — Patrick P. Stafford

I think the American system is incredibly well developed. I think the founding fathers were geniuses. — Marc Andreessen

When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there. — Colin Greenwood