Peter Taylor may refer to:
- Peter Alfred Taylor (1819–1891), British politician and radical
- Peter J. Taylor (born 1944), British geographer
- Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1930–1997), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, 1992–1997
- Peter Taylor (botanist) (1926–2011), British botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Peter Taylor (journalist), British journalist and author of non-fiction books, especially about Northern Ireland and Al-Qaeda
- Peter Taylor alias Perce, MP for Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency) in 1554
Famous quotes containing the words peter and/or taylor:
“Ellie: By the way, what’s your name?
Peter: What’s that?
Ellie: Who are you?
Peter: Who, me? I’m the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I’m the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.
Ellie: You’ve got a name, haven’t you?
Peter: Yeah, I got a name. Peter Warne.
Ellie: Peter Warne? I don’t like it.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)
“The Taylor and the Painter often contribute to the Success of a Tragedy more than the Poet. Scenes affect ordinary Minds as much as Speeches; and our Actors are very sensible, that a well-dressed Play has sometimes brought them as full Audiences, as a well-written one.... But however the Show and Outside of the Tragedy may work upon the Vulgar, the more understanding Part of the Audience immediately see through it, and despise it.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)