Peter Ackroyd Quotes

As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerMoneyShadowWorldSeeCast

Pasta is the one food I can't live without. It's the food I eat to fuel my running.

Joe Bastianich

LiveFoodPastaEatWithoutFuel

Small businesses are more nimble and innovative than large corporations, and as a result are much more likely to develop the breakthrough ideas we need for global competitiveness.

John Delaney

IdeasSmallResultMoreNeedGlobal

I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.

Tommy Lee Jones

LifeChangeEarthMarsPlanetsOur

My ideal kinda guy, if I was really gonna go there even though he's married, is Mark Wahlberg. To me he's a little black and white, the kinda guy who would understand if I pull my weave out.

Toni Braxton

Black And WhiteMeBlackWhiteGo

Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

Robert Zoellick

ProblemJustAnalyzeSolve

I love cycling, but if I could find a way of building something above the streets for cyclists, that would be amazing. We need even more space.

Michelle Dockery

LoveSpaceAmazingBuildingFind

A spontaneous interview feels differently than anything else you see on television.

David Steinberg

YouTelevisionSpontaneousSeeThan

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

Paul Theroux

MindGraceHawaiiState

I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.

Scarlett Thomas

GoodMeReadingThinkEndYou

I think monogamy exists when you're of age. I'm not saying that's good, but in today's time, a female won't honestly get a full commitment until they're at least 25 or 26. That's not good, but that's how it is.

Tink

GoodAgeTodayTimeCommitmentYou

I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art.

Richard Rogers

TechnologyScienceHistoryArtOver

If you start thinking of stress as not a bad thing but inevitable, resulting in change that itself leads to transformation that leads to sharp and radical changes... it can be a very useful way of thinking.

Marilyn Ferguson

ChangeStressStartThinkingYou

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