Christopher Peterson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter.
-- Christopher Peterson

#People #Matter #Legacy
Enabling people to make and receive phone calls during flight demonstrated the flexibility of a high-speed connectivity system. We allowed our guests to make calls to the ground while we flew over international waters.
-- Christopher Peterson

#Phones #People #Water
There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.
-- Christopher Peterson

#Believe #Self #Expectations
Whatâ€™s happened is that, almost overnight, weâ€™ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this, no statute from Congress or the state legislatures. It was accomplished in a private corporate decision. The banks just did it.
-- Christopher Peterson

#Real #Decision #Democracy
If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.
-- Christopher Peterson

#Stupid #Creative #Venture
"Life is unfair" "The goalposts will move" and above all: "other people matter"
-- Christopher Peterson

#Moving #People #Psychology
What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this, no statute from Congress or the state legislatures. It was accomplished in a private corporate decision. The banks just did it.
-- Christopher Peterson

#Real #Decision #Democracy

Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.
On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
When all else fails, complicate matters
No matter where I am, I will always be there when you need me.
It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.
One of my father's most precious legacies to me was spiritual. I learned from him the value of courage and the strength of will.

Christopher Peterson famous quotes

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