Peter Ackroyd Quotes

His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of the few Londoners upon whom sainthood has been conferred and the first English layman to be beatified as a martyr.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 5, 1949

Topics

LifeBridgeLondonMoreFirstHead

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Jerzy Kosinski

ArtPausePrincipleBypass

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

Andrew Young

BetterYouPrinciplesLeaveOff

I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.

John Lydon

LifeLivePowerBelieveMadWant

It is not about gender, it is about experience, leadership, and vision.

Angela Ahrendts

LeadershipVisionExperienceGender

My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

New YorkCityBuildingKitchenFeet

When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?

Steve Sabol

FatherMoneyGameYearDoubleGuy

Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

Michael Specter

ChangeSimpleBadNobodySayWay

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

FitnessBestSoulPictureBody

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

Louis Dudek

ForgivenessRememberedWellForgiven

The funniest guy I've ever worked with - it's just one of those things, again, where we look at each other and just laugh - is Jimmy Byrnes from 'Wiseguy.' Jimmy - we can't be in the same room together. He knows he can make me laugh just by looking at me.

Jonathan Banks

TogetherMeLookingLaughLookRoom

I feel truly blessed by Forever 21's success.

Do Won Chang

SuccessBlessedFeelForeverI Feel

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus

GameHurtYouGoKnowImportant

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