Quotes by Jeffrey Archer

“..each ministry has an allocation of money to spend on projects agreed to by the government. Every Secretary of State is acutely aware that his tenure of office maybe very short, so he picks out a ...”

“I never advise friends to put money in anything,. said Danny. 'It's a no-win situation - if they make a profit they forget that it was you who recommended it, and if they make a loss they never sto...”

“When will the Home Office realize that when judges retire, not only are they sent home for the rest of their lives, but the only people they have left to judge are their innocent wives.''So what ar...”

“Sir Hamish Graham has many of the qualities & most of the failings that result from being born to a middle-class Scottish family. He was well educated, hard working & honest, while at the same time...”

“..it must make sense to try & sign up the minister's man, who in the end is the one person who can ensure that you will be awarded the contract. The system seems to work well, & as long as a minist...”

“Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?”

“He was becoming aware that there was no such thing as over-the-top with Lawrence Davenport, as long as you were talking to Lawrence Davenport about Lawrence Davenport.”

“One of the advantages of real worth is that menial tasks can always be left to someone else.”

“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. T...”

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

“We all make mistakes but one has to move on.”

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

“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 ...”

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

“Some things never change”

“Men often fall in love at first sight”

“Dead men's words are so much more powerful than those of the living”

“I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison.”

“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. T...”

“Men often fall in love at first sight”