Peter Beard Quotes

We're adding a billion people every decade. We're just spin doctors. Whatever we do is supposedly great, and yet it's always at the expense of diversity and nature. We're like elephants. The ecology of the elephant is more similar to human than any other.

Peter Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 22, 1938

Topics

NatureGreatDiversityPeopleHuman

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams

AgeWishExerciseYouMindsOld

I've never been the guy to sit back and wait until someone approved something I was passionate about.

Jermaine Fowler

WaitSomeoneBackNeverPassionate

I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made.

Michael Eric Dyson

PeopleBelieveAmericanSomeoneYou

I love horse-riding - I have three back home in the U.K.

Amy Jackson

LoveHomeBackThreeI Love

The goal of all life is death.

Sigmund Freud

LifeDeathGoal

American democracy is greater with free speech and open dialogue.

Tomi Lahren

DemocracyFreeAmericanSpeechOpen

My 20s were a blizzard of rejection slips.

MaryJanice Davidson

RejectionWereBlizzardSlips

I'm not going to deny it. I'm a neat person, there's no question. But I don't become obsessed with it.

Courteney Cox

PersonBecomeQuestionGoingDeny

A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am passionate about the role of libraries, both in schools and in the wider community. They are unique places where children can begin their journey as readers, as well as being creative hubs.

Chris Riddell

JourneyCommunityChildrenGreat

We're going to develop - what we want to do is to provide the viewers with what they want from CNN and that is the news. So when people tune in, they'll get the latest news, but they'll also get the biggest story of the day in depth, as CNN does so well.

Connie Chung

DayPeopleStoryNewsWantDepth

When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.

Allan McNish

DanceMistakeYouEdgeWheelRace

The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people.

Peter Bart

TodayDecisionPeopleProcessMaybe

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