Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes

At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking your head against a brick wall.

Peter Maxwell Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 8, 1934

Topics

EducationMusicArtMomentBrick

I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.

John Gresham Machen

HopeThankfulObedienceActive

Every third person in the world is a drama queen. And crying 'victim,' especially when you're not really a victim in any real way, feels good. It feels good to cry victim if you're not one.

John McWhorter

GoodQueenWorldYouPersonDrama

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.

John Hickenlooper

MoneyPeopleYouMoreHighBecause

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.

Max Frisch

NothingAcceptOneselfHarderThan

I think the first general point to make from epidemiological studies across millions of people is the following - that short sleep predicts a shorter life. It predicts all cause mortality.

Matthew Walker

LifeSleepPeopleThinkShortFirst

I feel like if you told me I would be having a son, I would be like, 'Yeah, I'm gonna be a parent - I get that.' But when the doctor was like, 'You're gonna have a girl,' I was like, 'What? Who am I?' It's the craziest piece of information that changes who you are. It's sweet.

Andy Grammer

GirlSonMeSweetDoctorParent

I like vampires.

Tommy Wiseau

LikeVampires

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

Miguel Cabrera

YouSwingGotStrikes

There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.

Dick Cavett

YouDoneNothingWayWhateverOut

I don't wear jeans.

Christine Ebersole

JeansWear

I went out every single night so I was never alone with my stepfather. At 12, I stopped going on holiday with them. The times I was alone with him I always made sure I was all covered up.

Christine Keeler

AloneNightHolidayNeverSingleUp

I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it's much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.

Bobby Flay

LoveFireControlHeatLightingGas

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