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Quotes About Peter

It is a bit unnerving sitting across from a convicted serial killer. But
~ Peter Vronsky
biography of globe-hopping serial killer Charles Sobhraj. A peek inside
~ Peter Vronsky
to come as lodestones for the history we have
~ Peter Ward
The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact.
~ Peter Watts
God is a sadist on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and His name is Physics.
~ Peter Watts
When you're undead, the emphasis is on the second syllable.
~ Peter Watts
We're on the bleeding edge of theistic virology here.
~ Peter Watts
A.S.," Brüks repeated. "What's it stand for?" "Artificial Stupidity.
~ Peter Watts
It's the anthropic principle's evil twin, he thought.
~ Peter Watts
On the day the gods chose for his destruction, Peter Hale ate his breakfast on the terrace of his condominium.
~ Phillip Margolin
Denys Cowan and Dwayne Turner's visions of Wakanda as an ersatz African Epcot Center opened my eyes to the unexploited possibilities; these men, both of whom are African American, together with writer Peter B. Gillis, created an African Asgard of sorts, and I just went, 'Oh, my.'
~ Christopher Priest
To my knowledge, there's never been a scientist in the U.S. Senate.
~ Peter Agre
There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's ear, and Jesus said, Put back thy sword, Peter. But Peter has had his sword out and at work ever since.
~ Joseph Campbell
Peter exercised a zeal which was unregulated by knowledge
~ A. W. Pink
These festivities took place not in the Kremlin, but in Peter's new capital, St Petersburg, which he called his 'paradise' and 'darling'. Three considerations prompted him to build a city in the swamps at the head of the Gulf of Finland near the mouth of the Neva river: his love for the sea, a desire to perpetuate his memory, and hatred for the Kremlin. For twenty years beginning in 1703 the royal coffers were ransacked to create this 'great window
~ Abraham Ascher
I'm a science geek. I even have a T-shirt with a glow-in-the-dark chart of the periodic elements.
~ Peter Krause
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
~ Pope John Paul (II)
So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first contact, when Peter came that summer. So it's a very pivotal moment that is documented there.
~ Evan Parker
My name is Peter Wheatstraw, I'm the Devil's only son-in-law
~ Ralph Ellison
Though Peter claimed not to be spiritual, he had found a peaceful place, as I had decades ago, in Quaker meeting
~ Ram Ram Dass
Everyone was amazed and puzzled. They each heard their own language! "What does this mean?" some asked. Others sneered, "They're drunk on new wine." Then Peter stood up. "People from Judea and all who live in Jerusalem. We're not drunk. It's only nine in the morning.
~ Daniel Partner
God speaks through Peter to tell us to stay wide-awake in prayer. We get busy with so many distractions that we forget what matters and fall asleep in our spiritual lives. When we sleep spiritually, we forget how many people around us are lost in their sins; we put ourselves in the way of temptation; we stop asking God what His will is for our lives and demand our own way.
~ Darlene Zschech
And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol. It was at this point that Lord Peter was apotheosed from the state of Quite Decent Uncle to that of Glorified Uncle
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
I beg your pardon, said Lord Peter, I was quoting poetry. Very silly of me. I got the habit at my mother's knee and I can't break myself of it.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers