Peter Van Kets Quotes & Sayings

It's time to ask why [the United States] is the only country in the world where we permit our children to be saddled with tens - sometimes hundreds - of thousands of dollars of debt before they begin to earn a penny. — F.H. Buckley

Galleries are frightening places, places of evaluation, of judgement. — Margaret Atwood

We are in a time, because of the proliferation of online media and a hundred channels on cable, where teenagers and young adults and eight- and nine-year-olds do not read enough. And the SAT is very unforgiving for students who do not read. — Jonathan Grayer

The only thing that is different from one time to another is what is seen and what is seen depends upon how everybody is doing everything. — Gertrude Stein

If we are a people rich in social relationships, we are rich indeed. Whenever we develop significant friendships with those who are not like us culturally, we become broader, wiser persons. — Richard J. Foster

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home. — Quincy Jones

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me. — Richard Steele

Street harassment is not flattering, because it speaks to the fact that men see our presence as an opportunity for sexual advances. — Luvvie Ajayi

You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home. — Simon Pegg

Living a minimalistic lifestyle is becoming more and more popular as people realize materialistic items hold no true value. Making memories that last a lifetime and forging relationships with the people you live with is a treasure that you can't put a price on. — Ron Johnson

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. — Lynn Abbey

The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves ... Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth. — Peter Ustinov