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Peter Tork Quotes

The Monkees was a straight sitcom, we used the same plots that were on the other situation comedies at the time. So the music wasn't threatening, we weren't threatening.

Peter Tork

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 13, 1942

Topics

Music Time Situation Same Used Were

I have a significant other and a large, immediate family. No children, thank goodness. And I have a 13-year-old kitty.

Andrea Parker

Family Children Goodness Significant

There's no night without stars.

Andre Norton

Nature Stars Night Without

Our small and peaceful country is threatened daily by covetous and bigoted big powers whose hunger for domination and control of other nations and their resources knows no bounds.

Robert Mugabe

Daily Control Small Peaceful Country

A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness.

Max Apple

Character Only Writer Plot Volume

During all my undergrad years and in high school, I was involved in tutoring and public service. At Harvard, I spent over 35 hours a week doing service. I was a Big Sister, I worked for the homeless, the elderly; it was the epicenter of my focus.

Angela Duckworth

Service Focus School Sister Homeless

I've always been a fan of issues around race and racialism, and I've loved playing with it. People act as though it isn't an issue, but it's a recurring theme in our lives globally.

Trevor Noah

People Loved Race Always Theme Act

It is up to me to adapt and to continue to surprise with my positioning, the timing of my runs, the trajectories, when I call for the ball.

Riyad Mahrez

Me Surprise Adapt Timing Ball Up

Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods.

Jay-Z

Religion People You Want Personal

I've always been a person that's totally comfortable with my sexuality and showing my affections with my guy friends. At the end of the day, your guy friends are very important; they're the guys that are always going to be there. It's just you being a friend to me and I'm being a friend to you.

Brody Jenner

Friend Day Me End Of The Day End

I know for myself, every now and again on HBO, they'll show some of the young comedian specials from the '80s and early '90s, and it's just fascinating to watch those comedians - some of whom are people that are world-famous, like Chris Rock or Judd Apatow - to see the jokes that people had, but also, the way everything looked.

Wyatt Cenac

Myself People Early Know Young Rock

Perfection is terrible; it cannot have children.

Sylvia Plath

Children Perfection Terrible Cannot

Well, first, the situation in Afghanistan is much better than it was. But there is no comparison between Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq has a bureaucracy, Iraq has wealth. Iraq has an educated class of people who are positioned to come in and take over.

Peter T. King

People Better Wealth Situation Class