Vera Nazarian Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Vera Nazarian quotes, Vera Nazarian sayings, and Vera Nazarian proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all. Vera Nazarian
When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow. Vera Nazarian
Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self. Don't limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean. Vera Nazarian
A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. Vera Nazarian
Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. Vera Nazarian
We often engage the defense mechanism of tunnel vision, just to keep ourselves focused on our daily lives. This makes us terribly jaded in our perception of what is really around us. Vera Nazarian
Fantasy is not the literature of subversion of the status quo but of 'awakening to' the status quo. Vera Nazarian
Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless. Vera Nazarian
There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act. Vera Nazarian
Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard. Vera Nazarian
Siblings fight, pull each other's hair, steal stuff, and accuse each other indiscriminately. But siblings also know the undeniable fact that they are the same blood, share the same origins, and are family. Even when they hate each other. And that tends to put all things in perspective. Vera Nazarian
Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other. Vera Nazarian
When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow. Vera Nazarian
The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface. The desert is a place of bones, where the innards are turned out, to desiccate into dust. Vera Nazarian
In the desert, the only god is a well. Vera Nazarian
A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine. Vera Nazarian
Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what's off our human scale... at the moment. Vera Nazarian
Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age. Vera Nazarian
Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age. Vera Nazarian
Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. Vera Nazarian
If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. You can blow it up. You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there. You can turn around and go back the way you came. Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home. Vera Nazarian
If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple. Vera Nazarian
Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement. Vera Nazarian
It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone. Vera Nazarian
A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. Vera Nazarian
A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. Vera Nazarian
A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. Vera Nazarian
On this material plane, each living being is like a street lantern lamp with a dirty lampshade. Vera Nazarian
To every rule, there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one! Vera Nazarian
A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. Vera Nazarian