Top 98 Quotes by Christopher Buckley

About Christopher Buckley

These are some quotes by American author Christopher Buckley Novelist, who was born on September 28, 1952.

My mother spent a month in a Swiss hospital after a terrible ski accident.

My mother spent a month in a Swiss hospital after a terrible ski accident.

Christopher Buckley

Pop was a devout Roman Catholic; I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm not the village atheist, but I exert my right not to believe, and I doubt I would have been very public about that were he still alive, simply just so as not to hurt his feelings.

Christopher Buckley

When the going gets tough in Washington, presidents appoint 'blue ribbon' commissions.

When the going gets tough in Washington, presidents appoint 'blue ribbon' commissions.

Christopher Buckley

Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society.

Christopher Buckley

I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sensation as the 4,000-ton ship rose higher and higher inside the lock.

I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sensation as the 4,000-ton ship rose higher and higher inside the lock.

Christopher Buckley

It was a mistake to think that my views would have been taken on their own terms. It was a mistake to think that my last name wouldn't be a factor.

It was a mistake to think that my views would have been taken on their own terms. It was a mistake to think that my last name wouldn't be a factor.

Christopher Buckley

I just write what comes along. I don't have a detailed master plan.

I just write what comes along. I don't have a detailed master plan.

Christopher Buckley

Newt Gingrich has certainly seen his own empire rise - and fall.

Newt Gingrich has certainly seen his own empire rise - and fall.

Christopher Buckley

Fiction, for me, is sort of a protracted way of saying all the things I wished I said the night before.

Fiction, for me, is sort of a protracted way of saying all the things I wished I said the night before.

Christopher Buckley

The needs of the nation are not necessarily convergent with the needs of the deadline satirist.

The needs of the nation are not necessarily convergent with the needs of the deadline satirist.

Christopher Buckley

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