Peter Berg Quotes

The SEALs rarely call the Taliban 'terrorists' because they respect them as worthy opponents.

Peter Berg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 11, 1964

Topics

RespectWorthyCallBecauseTaliban

I think South Africa has shown it can host such a big event as the World Cup, so why not hold the Olympics at some point in Africa? Maybe not just in one country but in a host of countries.

Jochen Zeitz

WorldThinkCountryWhyAfricaBig

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.

Joe Henderson

TimeIllusionImportantComforting

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

Jean Racine

KnowNothingKnowingBringPass

Trust is central to an economy that works.

Stephen Covey

TrustEconomyCentralWorks

I think any fight you get into, you've got to shine and show that you deserve to be up there.

Stipe Miocic

FightShineThinkYouDeserveUp

I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.

Michael Steinhardt

SuccessProcessEndAddictionFruits

I'm uncomfortable, frankly, with the hype about Africa. We went from one extreme... to, like, Africa now is the best thing after sliced bread.

Mo Ibrahim

BestUncomfortableBreadNowAfrica

I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

Lucian Freud

PeopleHappenPaintBecauseLike

As a writer, when you fall in love with a place, you want to spend more time in it, either physically or mentally, and so you write about it.

Don Winslow

LoveTimeYouFallPlaceWant

Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers.

Brian Greene

RulesMoreBendMathematiciansLike

I'm a blue-collar Chicago girl raised on wonderful movies my mom took us to, ones that had a lot of heart.

Bonnie Hunt

GirlHeartMomChicagoMoviesUs

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.

Bob Costas

GoodHistoryJournalismInformation

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