English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Peter Matthiessen Quotes

In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming up next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in fact you don't know. Each day is a whole new - and for me, a very invigorating - experience.

Peter Matthiessen

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.' Ian Mckellen
Ours is not the first generation to understand the dire need for health reform. And I am not the first president to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. Barack Obama
You don't know how you haunt and bewilder me. You don't know how the cursed carelessness that is over-officious in helping me at every other turning of my life WON'T help me here. You have struck it dead, I think, and I sometimes wish you had struck me dead along with it. Charles Dickens
Walter Annenberg quote: "You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing..."
You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others. Walter Annenberg
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. John Wooden
Jim Morrison quote: "Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had..."
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws. Jim Morrison
Especially difficult when the first and best unconscious move of a dedicated liar is to persuade himself he's sincere. And once he's sincere, all deception vanishes. Ian Mcewan
Ngo Dinh Diem quote: "Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I..."
Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I die! Ngo Dinh Diem
Andrew Card quote: "Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory..."
Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory in Iraq will help us have victory in the War on Terror. Andrew Card
Malcolm Muggeridge quote: "One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up."
One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up. Malcolm Muggeridge
Desiderius Erasmus quote: "Fools are without number."
Fools are without number. Desiderius Erasmus
I only hope, for the sake of the rising male sex generally, that you may be found in as vulnerable and soft-hearted a mood by the first eligible young fellow who appeals to your compassion. Charles Dickens
Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends. Joseph Campbell
Barbara Kruger quote: "Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it..."
Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not. Barbara Kruger
For all of my life I'd been extremely healthy. I'd never had any health issues, so to go from being perfectly healthy to having this very rare disease was scary. In a lot of people it is very severe. Some people go blind, you can have neuro-lesions which affect your brain, so I was very nervous. Sanya Richards-Ross