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Peter Falk Quotes

I had no idea when I graduated from high school and then from graduate school what I wanted to do with my life. I had no idea that I was ever going to be an actor.

Peter Falk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: September 16, 1927 - June 23, 2011

Topics

Life School High School My Life High

I've been on the tour for 12 years, and the big dream has always been to get a world title.

Joel Parkinson

World Dream Always Years Big Get

In a media instant, Sarah Palin went from an unknown moose hunter to a mass phenomenon on the precipice of becoming the vice president of the United States.

Andrew Breitbart

Media Unknown President Vice Hunter

The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Construction Theatre Extraordinary

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.

Matt Taibbi

Think America You Country Two Years

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

John Schlesinger

Good Who Like Very Certain Jackson

When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on them at that time. In fact, he discovered the model species Dictyostelium discoideum, which is the species used in the majority of the experimental work today.

John Tyler Bonner

Work Today Time Person Experiments

Homer Simpson is one of my favorite people, though he's not real. He represents the American who's filled with this 'affluenza.' He's constantly exposed to consumption and a sense of bigness, which is a part of being an American.

Mitchell Joachim

People American Real Favorite People

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

Joyce Meyer

Fear Adversity Courage Fearless Need

Escapism has its place. I used to write 'Conan the Barbarian' for Marvel, which takes place in an environment completely removed from the real world.

Christopher Priest

World Environment Place Write Real

Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable - those billionaire reports are a joke.

Bono

Money Boy Way Joke Going Beatles

It's important for couples to be friends first and to respect each other as individuals.

Anupam Kher

Respect Friends Important First Each

What I would like to vote for is a candidate that is socially liberal, a fiscal conservative, broadly libertarian with a small 'l' but sensible and pragmatic and with a chance of winning. That's more or less the empty set.

Tyler Cowen

Winning Small Chance Vote More