Peter Carey Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
-
I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
-
In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
-
I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
-
What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
-
'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
-
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
-
Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
-
You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
-
Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
-
All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
-
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.
-
Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
-
At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long-established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House ownership.
-
I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
-
Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.
-
As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
-
And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.
-
I hyperventilate quite a lot.
-
Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.
-
There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental... and... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein.
-
We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal.
-
We sell to businesses who sell other stuff, so we're just going to concentrate on doing that.
-
When I went to live in New York, I didn't mean to stay there, but here I am.
