Peter Ackroyd Quotes

There are so many characters whizzing around inside my head, it's like Looney Tunes. But as soon as I've finished writing about them, I completely forget who they are.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingForgetInsideHeadWhoSoon

I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.

Summer Altice

CollegeShortPlayVolleyballToo

Tennis is interesting because the women are almost more popular than the men. In the U.S. Open, women even get exactly the same money as the men.

Summer Sanders

WomenMoneyMenInterestingTennis

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

LoveThornsLilyDaughtersAmong

For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service.

Ron Wyden

WomenServiceMenStormDesertWere

To all the little girls out there, I would tell them to really appreciate what their parents do for them. And also to truly believe in their dream. If they truly believe that they're capable, things will happen for them - as long as they put in the work, of course.

Mirai Nagasu

WorkParentsLittle GirlsBelieve

I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.

Little Richard

LifeRock And RollThoughtLegend

I think of Kate Moss whenever I think of someone who did the bridesmaid thing right. They were all in different dresses, and I love neutrals. But it's so hard to pull that together. You almost need a stylist for it.

Chrissy Teigen

LoveTogetherThinkSomeoneYou

You can hide from the devil, but he'll always find you.

Allen Iverson

DevilYouHideFindAlwaysHe

This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games.

William S. Burroughs

NatureTimeWarUniversePrinciples

Places where prostitution is legal, you find much better health care, fewer cases of disease and illegal abortions. There's really nothing to be gained by keeping prostitution illegal.

Thomas Jane

HealthCareLegalBetterYouFind

I don't need much sleep.

Marissa Mayer

SleepNeedMuch

I like out, I like the outside world.

Martin Freeman

WorldOutsideOutLikeOutside World

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