F. David Peat Quotes

On the one hand, our minds try to probe the ephemeral reality of the quantum world; on the other, we talk, think, and act in a language adapted for discussing trees, rocks, and automobiles -- as well as poetry and emotions.

F. David Peat

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• I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Up
  • World
  • Work

• When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • Christian
  • Spirit
  • Reaction

• I've always performed. I've done plays at home.

  

  Odeya Rush
  • Done
  • Home
  • Always

• When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.

  

  Ralph Brown
  • World
  • Mind
  • Thought

• A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Book
  • Man
  • Library

• It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Animal
  • More
  • Really

• I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Artist

• It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Time
  • Long
  • Now

• Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Goal
  • Win
  • Now

• Saudi had been a very restricted place. Even on the magazines there, if there was a little leg or cleavage showing, they used to blacken it with a black mark. Me and Ishmeet, so many times, had tried to remove the black portion with our spit, but of course, it would never come out.

  

  Karan Singh Grover
  • Never
  • Mark
  • Restricted

• The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Music
  • Best

• All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
  • Up
  • You
  • Audience

• All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • People
  • Real
  • Trying

• I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Thinking
  • Attitude
  • Box

• If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • You
  • Write
  • Say

• I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • People
  • Time
  • Done

• I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Change
  • Voice
  • Before

• Actually, when I fought in PRIDE, we had the best fighters in the world. Back then, the UFC had a very serious and big crisis; they were going through some tough times trying to get top fighters. All the best fighters were in PRIDE.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • World
  • Trying
  • Best

• I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.

  

  Barbara Park
  • Perfect
  • Child
  • Find

• The funny thing is, when I ask people with dark skin if they would change their color, they tell me no, and when I ask women if they would rather be men, they tell me no, and I get the same response when I ask people with unusual anatomies if they would take a magic pill to erase their unusual features.

  

  Alice Dreger
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• This agreement sends a message that intrusive and deceptive practices will not be tolerated.

  

  Eliot Spitzer
  • Message
  • Agreement
  • Practices

• I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.

  

  Alan Ladd

• Our guys in the fourth quarter are fighting their guts out. I would hope that they'd start the game like that.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Hope
  • Game
  • Fighting

• On the one hand, our minds try to probe the ephemeral reality of the quantum world; on the other, we talk, think, and act in a language adapted for discussing trees, rocks, and automobiles -- as well as poetry and emotions.

  

  F. David Peat
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Reality