Pico Iyer Quotes

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.

Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh.

As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does.

The part that makes you unique is the bit people will like or fear, fall in love with, or try to avoid.

I think of houses as having their own personality.

You can teach a girl how to model, how to take a pretty picture, and how to walk, but you can't teach personality.

Some really famous people, even when they're off-duty, have this energy that is sort of overpowering.

It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

A little personality goes a long way.

I collect men with interesting names.

I have no problem with people seeing me as the nice guy. I hope they don't see me as just the nice guy.

People should not worry so much about what they do but rather about what they are.

That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

People steal into one's consciousness and occupy what seems, in retrospect, to have been their place all along.

Certain people do need to stay in character the whole time, and that's just what they require as a person.

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

When you walk into a room,” he said softly, “the air changes.

People are expecting me to be a certain way all the time. It's not like if I come in here with a totally different personality and right before the camera starts they see this new character. It confuses everything. Life has a consensus reality to it and if you use that to your advantage it makes it much easier.

For me, and people like me, fighting isn't what we do; it's who we are.

She came into a room; she stood, as he had often seen her, in a doorway with lots of people round her. But it was Clarissa one remembered. Not that she was striking; not beautiful at all; there was nothing picturesque about her; she never said anything specially clever; there she was however; there she was.

Many good people mistake their reputation for their character. It is a mistake I have made many, many times.