Peter Ackroyd Quotes

The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterPastNewsAlwaysGreedy

'NYT Opinion' offers our readers what we think are the most stimulating and interesting points of view you can find anywhere.

Andrew Rosenthal

OpinionThinkViewInterestingYou

You are not going to change me and if you do, it will look like a fraud, it will be a fraud.

John Key

ChangeMeYouLookWillFraud

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely.

Steven Pinker

ChangePowerAcceptancePeopleWorld

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.

Sofia Vergara

ThinkScaredForeverBeingGoing

Everything has changed in recent decades - the economy, technology, cultural attitudes, the demographics of the workforce, the role of women in society and the structure of the American family. It's about time our laws caught up. We watch 'Modern Family' on television, but we're still living by 'Leave It To Beaver' rules.

Tom Perez

FamilyWomenTechnologyTimeSociety

I hate jealous guys! Everyone can be jealous. We all have that in us. Push the demon down or it's going to drive the other person away.

Ashley Greene

HateDriveJealousPushDownPerson

The greatest filmmakers are not the ones who put everything in; they're the ones who can figure things to leave out, and in doing so, invite your participation.

Alison Owen

DoingParticipationEverythingLeave

However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine.

Richard O'Brien

LoveMoneyTogetherWorldDoingYou

My goal is always to make something unpredictable that feels inevitable in the end. It's getting harder to do that. Audiences are so sophisticated and so smart.

Noah Hawley

SmartEndGoalInevitableAlways

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background.

Mario Lopez

BlindlyBackgroundEthnicSomeCases

I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.

Marshall McLuhan

SeenBelieved

It wasn't that much of a stretch to play a gay demon. I am, you know, both gay and a demon. Don't tell my wife.

Ken Marino

WifeI AmYouGayPlayKnow

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