“You, mistress, That have the office opposite to Saint Peter, And keep the gate of hell!”
William Shakespeare
“Some of my plays peter out and some pan out.”
James Matthew Barrie
“And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? / Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Bible
“I don't know who Peter Lorre is. Pathetic right? It shows you how completely gross and uncultured my generation is.”
Christina Ricci
“Peter O'Malley grew up in the '50s around the clubhouse, so all of us who were playing in his kid days mean a lot to him. Peter's made a very conscious effort to reconnect the Brooklyn team with the Los Angeles history, and he's done that.”
Carl Erskine
“It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson [the director of The Lord of the Rings films] or is making a point they have never heard of.”
Terry Pratchett
“I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.”
Alexander Payne