Quotes from Jeffrey Archer

you shouldn't assume that just because you're clever, they will accept you as one of them. There are many who are suspicious of a first-class mind, while others will make a judgement based not on the words you say, but the accent in which they're pronounced, and some will be against you the moment they hear your name.

causing him any difficulties." "Not that I'm aware of," said Matron. "If it is, it certainly doesn't stop him hitting a

On entering the little green-walled

politicians should think a lot more carefully before they commit the next generation to war.

SHE ONLY stopped screaming when she died. It was then that he started to scream. The

He remained silent for the rest of the journey, having been made painfully aware that birth is life's first lottery ticket. Tom

George Bernard Shaw which Annabel quoted so often: "Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.

I don't know," sighed

Fortune favours the brave.

The only difference between a pirate and a peer is who you divide the spoils with.

The Japanese always arrive bearing a gift,' whispered Anna, 'but under no circumstances should you open it in their presence.

never thought they'd see in their lifetime. With

they've even named a building after him," said Dimitri.

We should, of course, look back with pride on our colonial empire, but be willing at the same time to grasp the nettles of opportunity.

During the next few days, Harry learnt

Whenever you're interviewed, think British, act Yiddish

anyone can be a good winner. The sign of a great man is how you handle defeat.

I was born near Slonim. I saw my home taken over by the Germans, my sister raped by the Russians and later I escaped from a Russian labour camp and was lucky enough to reach America. I'm not mad. This is the only country in the world where you can arrive with nothing and become a millionaire though damned hard work regardless of your background.

watched Hugo Barrington when he gave his evidence. The same self-confidence, the same arrogance, the same half-truths spouted convincingly to the jury, just as he'd whispered them to me in the privacy of the bedroom. When he stepped down from the witness box, I knew Stan didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting off.

Over supper of a bowl of Heinz tomato soup and a sausage roll, he went over again and

Rockefeller had had his own private station built fifty feet below the Waldorf-Astoria to save him traveling the eight blocks to Grand Central

He was already taller than his mother. Would he end up taller than his father?

WHEN UNCLE STAN rose in the morning, he somehow managed to wake the entire household. No one complained, as he was the breadwinner in the family, and in any case he was cheaper and more reliable than an alarm clock.

Grand Central Station