Peter Sellers Quotes

I look in the mirror, and what I see is someone who has never grown up - a crashing sentimentalist who alternates between great heights and black depths.

Peter Sellers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980

Topics

GreatMirrorBlackSomeoneLookSee

A lot of very competent people sometimes make errors.

Jim Clyburn

PeopleSometimesErrorsCompetent

I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'

Jo Brand

MeWishYouSaidWoodI Wish

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

GoodFoolsNeverGood FortuneUnited

I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along.

Ann Leckie

ChildrenSeriousSittingAlwaysUp

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.

John Stuart Mill

GoodCommunityPowerPurposeMoral

I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.

Amanda Palmer

PeopleMeMysteryCaveSongwriting

What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.

Tony Campolo

PoliticalPartySinNeedImageOur

I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.

Rita Rudner

LoveWritingSingingThoughtComedy

You can't 'control' a Mars mission from Earth. The Mars mission is going to have to be controlled by the people on Mars... There is just too much involved that is out of sight of Earth.

Robert Zubrin

PeopleControlMissionYouEarth

I order food like a normal human being. If I'm out to lunch, I'm going to order three courses like everybody else. I'm not going to feel like some kind of freak.

Lisa Lampanelli

FoodLunchFeelThreeKindHuman

I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate hearing someone play something in a way that I wouldn't.

Joshua Bell

ArtThinkAppreciateSomeoneYou

Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more.

Jose Mujica

WorkPeopleWantLifestylePoorTry

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