Peter Graham > Peter's Quotes

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
― Willie Nelson

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now”
― Chinese proverbs traditional

“Always be on your guard”
― Sapphire - The Eye of Tucana

“Books allow us to escape from the pressures of modern life. By far, the best vehicles of escape are Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy genre allowing us to lose ourselves in worlds far away from the reality we know. This escapism works because we totally immerse ourselves and:-

We become the hero or heroine.
We are the ones who thwart evil.
We laugh as we socialise with characters we have never met but feel they are as close as our family.
We cry when we lose a good friend.”
― Peter Graham

“A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.”
― Spike Milligan

“AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhh!”
― Peter Graham

“How anybody can compose a story by word of mouth face to face with a bored-looking secretary with a notebook is more than I can imagine. Yet many authors think nothing of saying, 'Ready, Miss Spelvin? Take dictation. Quote no comma Sir Jasper Murgatroyd comma close quotes comma said no better make it hissed Evangeline comma quote I would not marry you if you were the last person on earth period close quotes Quote well comma I'm not so the point does not arise comma close quotes replied Sir Jasper twirling his moustache cynically period And so the long day wore on period End of chapter.'

If I had to do that sort of thing I should be feeling all the time that the girl was saying to herself as she took it down, 'Well comma this beats me period How comma with homes for the feebleminded touting for custom on every side comma has a man like this succeeded in remaining at large mark of interrogation.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

“I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. ”
― Elvis Presley

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
― Dr. Seuss

“A good book has no ending”
― RD Cumming