My parents read me some typical children's books: 'Green Eggs and Ham,' 'The Little Engine That Could,' 'Peter Rabbit.' But I quickly developed a preference for nonfiction books about baseball and math, by the likes of Bill James and Martin Gardner. - James Holzhauer

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I probably learned most at MIT by teaching and working with Peter Diamond, who acted like a big brother to me during my time in the department. - Eric Maskin

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All children, except two, grow up: Peter Pan and Donald Trump Jr. - Alexandra Petri

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My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf. - Michael Easton

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I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter? - Peter Fonda

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Peter Morgan's writing is so much about what you don't say: you're saying one thing but there's 10 other things going on, and those are the best writers like Chekhov... they're masters at a sort of naturalism, and yet there is all the subtext. - Vanessa Kirby

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Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett's Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling. - Paul Watson

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Don't over-analyze your marriage; it's like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing.

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What many people don't know about 'Peter Pan' is that it's a very violent book and Hook is one of the most finely observed villains ever. - Eoin Colfer

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Strangely enough, I wasn't into fast guitarists. I preferred Peter Green's subtle touch. I saw him with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers at the Marquee Club in London and was very impressed. He was the only guitarist I've ever seen to turn the volume control on his guitar down during a solo. - Alvin Lee

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