Jeffrey Archer Best Quotes & Sayings

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. — Jeffrey Archer

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now. — Jeffrey Archer

Exclusive will not be published in book format. — Jeffrey Archer

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

Fortune favours the brave — Jeffrey Archer

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

I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be? — Jeffrey Archer

Sixty per cent of people entering prison today are illiterate. — Jeffrey Archer

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

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. — Jeffrey Archer

God bless the Scots and their puritan upbringing, — Jeffrey Archer

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more. — Madhur Bhandarkar

Edgar Hoover? I'd rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in. — Jeffrey Archer

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. — Jeffrey Archer

the descent was going to be more difficult than the ascent. — Jeffrey Archer

From around his neck started to undo the buttons on the front of his — Jeffrey Archer

Nearest gutter if he thought it would — Jeffrey Archer

coffin nails. Once Stan had left for — Jeffrey Archer

Sir Alan Redmayne believed in the rule of law. It was, after all, the basis of any democracy. Whenever asked, Sir Alan agreed with Churchill that, as a form of government, democracy had its disadvantages, but, on balance, it remained the best on offer. But given a free hand, he would have opted for a benevolent dictatorship. The problem was that dictators, by their very nature, were not benevolent. It simply didn't fit their job description. — Jeffrey Archer

I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I'm privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again. — Jeffrey Archer

I spent my first three weeks there on a wing with 21 murderers. I met some very evil people there but also some men who'd had no upbringing, no chance in life. — Jeffrey Archer

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. — Jeffrey Archer

But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot. — Jeffrey Archer

When Danny finally got off his knee, he took her by surprise again. He immediately began to tap a number on his mobile. Beth knew only too well who would be on the other end of the line.
'She said yes!' Danny announced triumphantly. Beth smiled as she held the diamond under the light and took a closer look. — Jeffrey Archer

If you have talent and energy, you're king. If you have only energy and no talent, you're still a prince. But if you have talent and no energy, you're a pauper. — Jeffrey Archer

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

In the end, it all comes down to how you cope with the unforeseen. — Jeffrey Archer

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

The English are the biggest snobs on earth Harry. — Jeffrey Archer

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison, it became a sort of a new challenge to write another novel, to write a new novel. — Jeffrey Archer

In any conversation, it's often something that seems quite insignificant at the time that gives you the piece of information you're looking for. — Jeffrey Archer

Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment. — Jeffrey Archer