Peter Shilton Quotes

To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

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• Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • World
  • Man
  • Me

• The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • World
  • Strong
  • Peace

• I am constantly accused of being 'First World.' So what should I do? I can't apologise for my environment, upbringing, aesthetic.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Environment
  • Aesthetic
  • Accused

• When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Up
  • World
  • Want

• The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • World
  • Why
  • You

• It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • World
  • History
  • Christian

• GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the global food economy by a tiny handful of giant corporations. It's not wicked to question that process. It is wicked not to.

  

  Zac Goldsmith
  • World
  • Food
  • Control

• Since Mashable's inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the world's coolest innovations.

  

  Adam Ostrow
  • World
  • Science
  • Popular

• Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • World
  • Fashion
  • Everything

• The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

  

  Ma Jian
  • World
  • Stage
  • China

• But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • World
  • Believe
  • Different

• In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Culture
  • You
  • Order

• I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
  • World
  • Art
  • Culture

• Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

  

  Randy Newman
  • World
  • God
  • Live

• It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • People
  • World
  • Art

• It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • World
  • Music
  • Crazy

• Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music. You've heard the expression, music of the spheres? Well, that's a very literal phrase. In the Gospels, we read, "And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." That 'breath of life' to me is the music of life and it permeates every fiber of creation.

  

  Michael Jackson
  • World
  • Music
  • Sound

• That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from, the richer the environment becomes.

  

  John Zorn
  • People
  • Environment

• When me and my sister were toddlers, it was 'The Jungle Book' literally every day. If it was lunchtime, it was 'Jungle Book' time.

  

  George MacKay
  • Time
  • Book
  • Sister

• When you put the pressure on yourself, it's not good. If you fight afraid to lose, you wind up not fighting that good.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Up
  • Good
  • Fighting

• If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

  

  Charles Portis
  • Time
  • Done

• To play in the World Cup and try to win something for England was the ultimate.

  

  Peter Shilton
  • World