Peter Gay Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
-
With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.
-
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
-
The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.
-
Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
-
I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
-
I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
-
The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
-
When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
-
I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
-
One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
-
If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.
-
We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.
-
In March 1950, in New York City, I was married to Marietta Soffer. We have three children: Vilhelm, Tomas, and Margrethe.
-
Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.
-
When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
-
I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
-
Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.
-
This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.
-
I lived in Georgetown in the late 70s about four houses down from the steps.
-
In high school, some of the guys were really into music. When I first joined the team as a sophomore, I was blown away when we came out for our first home match. I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it. The seniors would bring their whole stereo system. We started by yelling and stuff inside this little room just off the gym; then the coaches said, "Ready. Go!" We threw open the door and came running out. Even when I hear the songs now I get all jacked up.
-
Every time a puck gets past me and I look back into the net, I say, 'uh-oh.'
-
You have the sense of touch because you need it.
-
What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism.
