Peter Sellers Quotes

I just cannot take mediocrity. I just cannot take it on any level.

Peter Sellers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MediocrityTakeLevelCannotJust

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.

John le Carre

ExperienceChildhoodWiseParents

Our skin is the largest organ and one of the ways we eliminate waste.

Anna Kaiser

SkinWasteEliminateOurWaysOrgan

People who are seriously damaged by sudden fame and notoriety have, in my experience, very low esteem at the root of their being.

Roger Lloyd-Pack

ExperiencePeopleFameSeriouslyLow

'24' is a pretty serious show - there isn't a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

CharacterHumorMeBrainPlaySaid

Eighty percent of flavor comes from your nose, including a set of internal nostrils. When you chew food and hold it in your mouth, the gases that are released goes into these nostrils. People who wolf their food are missing some of the flavor.

Mary Roach

FoodPeopleWolfYouMouthMissing

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

Michel de Montaigne

HonorLosePersonConscienceRather

There was a thing on Facebook that said, 'Describe George Clooney's wedding in three words,' and my answer was, 'Not invited again.'

Michael O'Keefe

WordsWeddingSaidThreeAnswer

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Desmond Tutu

I AmPeopleSurviveKnowPrayers

Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.

Bradley Whitford

PoliticsBrainStemRight-WingLot

Tom Arnold and I, we have a huge firefight scene on top of a German tank. I get to shoot 50 caliber rounds. We shoot a helicopter out of the sky. That's the only fight I'm in.

Anthony Anderson

SkyFightHelicopterTopOutShoot

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

William Shakespeare

TimeMeNowWasted TimeWastedDoth

Our function as playwrights to some extent is to make audiences see with their ears, because films make us see with our eyes much better.

Peter Shaffer

EyesBetterSeeUsEarsFunction

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