End of the day Quote by Ken Burns

I think I have been much of my life an irritant. But some people say that something good came out of my research, something…

— Nicholas Kurti

The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.

— Surya Das

“The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritation gets into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“THE PEARL STARTS ITS LIFE AS A SPLINTER—something unwanted like a piece of shell or shard of dirt that accidentally lodges itself in an…

— Tarryn Fisher

There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes…

— Sheila Ballantyne

“To be a pearl maker, your oyster needs a good strong shell to protect you from a hundred million irritants in your environment. Your…

— Annie Kagan

Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl!

— Rumi

If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the…

— Fred Wilson

“It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that…

— Truman Capote

“the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Do you know how a pearl comes to be?" "Oysters make them, from a bit of sand." "Aiyah. From a bit of sand." He…

— C.L. Wilson

The pearl on my beloved's neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!

— Bhartrhari