Jeffrey Archer Quotes

I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reach the summit. And then, having achieved their goal, they spend just a few moments enjoying the experience, along with one or two equally certifiable companions who have little in common other than wanting to do it all again, but a little higher.

While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

Birth is life's first lottery ticket.

I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking

Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.

There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.

we all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.

Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.

It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

We all make mistakes but one has to move on.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.

War and Peace maddens me because I didn't write it myself, and worse, I couldn't.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

Chatterers are a menace.

With torture ,as with making love, foreplay is the all important factor