Peter Ackroyd Quotes

When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildDisappointmentAmbitionNever

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.

Maynard James Keenan

ReflectionBeginningEndYouCircle

I learned a long time ago that it doesn't make me less of a woman because my babies come out of a different place. My C-sections have been fine.

Angie Harmon

TimeWomanMeLongPlaceLong Time

Laughing brains are more absorbent.

Alton Brown

MoreBrainsLaughing

I've always been a very self-aware person.

Troy Polamalu

PersonAlwaysBeenVery

Season 1 of 'Power' was a hit. Everyone was talking about the series and how I should watch it. The show was well written, and it had a great cast.

Rotimi

PowerGreatTalkingEveryoneWatch

Everyone thinks they know Jesus because they've got a personal relationship with him.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

RelationshipKnowPersonalHimGot

My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini.

Christopher Lee

DaughterNameFamousBornAustralia

No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom... No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild.

Christopher McCandless

FreedomAlonePhonePoolLostLand

It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.

Chauncey Depew

RockPityLandingFathersPilgrim

Joss Whedon who created 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer,' 'Angel,' and all that... he is a genius.

Christian Kane

AngelGeniusVampireWhoHeCreated

In many ways, our homes act as one big drain that, through our daily relationship with water, carries many toxic substances into our waterways and the environment.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

DailyRelationshipWaterEnvironment

You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances.

Peter Maxwell Davies

YouUnderestimateCircumstancesAny

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