Fred Peters quote: "Kids are the same at any school. There's a light that goes on when they start making adult decisions. For some kids, it takes awhile for the light to go on."

No one else has shown any symptoms. We believe we have acted quickly.
FRED PETERS

There are a number of people in the city who are eminently qualified. Many might not know there is a...
FRED PETERS

At our last meeting, we brought out the stickler with the county as to what to call it (the walkway)...
FRED PETERS

I don't think you have to worry about Tommy driving recklessly again.
FRED PETERS

It is kind of an inconsistent verdict. They found that driving down Main Street the way he did was a...
FRED PETERS

One life has been lost. I ask you not to destroy another.
FRED PETERS

They're trying to set some kind of trap for appeal, judge, but I don't think you have to go for it.
FRED PETERS

It's clearly a hybrid. It's certainly dependent on (UK) for financing...but the student government a...
FRED PETERS

In Kentucky, you need a license to cut hair, but not to cut veins.
FRED PETERS

Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within th...
RALPH PETERS

I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've ser...
RALPH PETERS

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
RALPH PETERS

Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those ar...
RALPH PETERS

Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
RALPH PETERS

Jihad expands Islam's domain by any means available.
RALPH PETERS

Social peace requires reciprocity.
RALPH PETERS

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'...
RALPH PETERS

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest probl...
RALPH PETERS

The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hu...
RALPH PETERS

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
RALPH PETERS

I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Sha...
RUSSELL PETERS

Indians are the second largest population in the world, but we're invisible on TV - everything i...
RUSSELL PETERS

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experien...
BERNADETTE PETERS

Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the l...
ELLIS PETERS

We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails...
TOM PETERS

The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is...
TOM PETERS

Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about i...
TOM PETERS

I hate Bollywood. The movies are all garbage, just terrible. It's my opinion; obviously, there a...
RUSSELL PETERS

If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwa...
RUSSELL PETERS

I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. I lived in Grand Blanc, Michigan for a year and that's when I ...
EVAN PETERS

It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I...
EVAN PETERS

Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as h...
ELLIS PETERS

Eavesdropping, Mother?' Ramses inquired.
'It is a shameful habit, but cursed useful,' I said, q...
ELIZABETH PETERS

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
ELIZABETH PETERS

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity
TOM PETERS

Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because th...
CHARLES PETERS

I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
BERNADETTE PETERS

You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They love...
BERNADETTE PETERS

On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to b...
RUSSELL PETERS

Celebrate what you want to see more of.
TOM PETERS

As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that ...
TOM PETERS

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in ...
TOM PETERS

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us ...
TOM PETERS

If you really want to kill morale, have layoffs every two months for the next two years.
TOM PETERS

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and sym...
TOM PETERS

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going t...
TOM PETERS

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people...
TOM PETERS

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to t...
TOM PETERS

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bol...
TOM PETERS

Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.
TOM PETERS

'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, drea...
TOM PETERS

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.
TOM PETERS

Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.
TOM PETERS

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
TOM PETERS

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
TOM PETERS

Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.
TOM PETERS

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it w...
TOM PETERS

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and e...
TOM PETERS

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
TOM PETERS

If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
TOM PETERS

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processe...
TOM PETERS

'In Search of Excellence' was an afterthought, the runt of the McKinsey consulting litter, a...
TOM PETERS

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get t...
BERNADETTE PETERS

I think that the more and more people connect to them, then we'll realize what an invaluable spirit ...
BERNADETTE PETERS

Into the Woods.
BERNADETTE PETERS

Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It),
BERNADETTE PETERS

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life,
BERNADETTE PETERS

Mary and I are delighted that Broadway Barks continues to be such a popular event, and we are deeply...
BERNADETTE PETERS

Annie Get Your Gun.
BERNADETTE PETERS

Knowing it was my solo debut at Carnegie Hall and looking out at the audience and knowing that we we...
BERNADETTE PETERS

When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs,...
BERNADETTE PETERS

That wasn't something I was very proud of. It was just stupid. I got caught up in the moment.
ANDREW PETERS

We could play the same team 25 times. It doesn't matter. We have to play our best hockey. We have to...
ANDREW PETERS

He knows the way the game is played, and he knows he has to fight to keep a career. He's obviously v...
ANDREW PETERS

I might ask him how his game went, but other than that we don't talk much about hockey. I ask him fo...
ANDREW PETERS

My first season at Buffalo, Geoff was at Rochester and I would come down from Buffalo to visit him a...
ANDREW PETERS

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And kn...
BERNADETTE PETERS

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I re...
MIKE PETERS

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woma...
BERNADETTE PETERS

I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent femal...
ELIZABETH PETERS

I actually put peanut butter on my bagel. I really like peanut butter and I like to ruin the bagel. ...
EVAN PETERS

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
ELLIS PETERS

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmabl...
TOM PETERS

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
TOM PETERS

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
TOM PETERS

Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women g...
TOM PETERS

We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.
RALPH PETERS

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
BERNADETTE PETERS

I think it's harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic al...
EVAN PETERS

I would get bullied a lot. You know, it was the '70s and '80s, so it was a lot of racism bac...
RUSSELL PETERS

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.
ELLIS PETERS

Selim, you will speak with your kin and your friends in Gurneh; perhaps some of them will respond to...
ELIZABETH PETERS

I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sen...
ELLIS PETERS

I wouldn't change anything. I think that it's important to let things happen, and stay '...
MIKE PETERS

We spent two weeks that I call two weeks of tears--my veil of tears.
BROCK PETERS

[Peters paid tribute to Peck after Peck's death in 2003.] In art there is compassion, in compassion ...
BROCK PETERS

I worked over the years in many, many productions, but no-one ever again called me to welcome me abo...
BROCK PETERS

[In one courtroom scene, in which Robinson is asked by his lawyer whether he has committed the rape,...
BROCK PETERS

I have been here a long time, and I have seen this cycle happen before. I'll wait awhile and see if ...
BROCK PETERS

In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and l...
BROCK PETERS

[He initially clashed with the autocratic director.] One day he chewed me out in front of a lot of p...
BROCK PETERS

[Acclaimed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 greatest U.S. films of the last century,...
BROCK PETERS

I guess creepy comes natural to me - I hate to say that.
EVAN PETERS

Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I&...
RUSSELL PETERS

Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
TOM PETERS

I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is.
RUSSELL PETERS

We are also moving forward with our plans to lease eight branch sites in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, ...
BRIAN PETERS

While these new locations will temporarily decrease short-term profitability, they should provide so...
BRIAN PETERS

Over the past 12 months, we have expanded our loan portfolio and anticipate that because of the high...
BRIAN PETERS

One of the primary purposes of this rapid branch expansion has been to take advantage of opportuniti...
BRIAN PETERS

I admire the guys who can do it with as little technology as possible, two turntables and a micropho...
BRIAN PETERS

We've had some very intoxicated people not know where their car was or if they drove a car that nigh...
BRIAN PETERS

World Title Fight Night
BRIAN PETERS

This will be Bernard's first twelve round fight and Wilders will represent a new kind of challenge. ...
BRIAN PETERS

If it zips through, we'll be in good shape, but if it slows down, additional rain can only aggravate...
BRIAN PETERS

Although Wilders seemed to be a bigger threat on paper, I don't think we can take Hughes for granted...
BRIAN PETERS

This tournament should help them out.
BOB PETERS

He was around here for a couple of weeks. Everything seemed normal. He just tended to himself. What ...
BOB PETERS

He was around here for a couple of weeks. Everything seemed normal. He just tended to himself. ... W...
BOB PETERS

We estimate the economic impact at $3 million.
BOB PETERS

These items carry a full 12 month warranty, the same as our new equipment. To re-use equipment succe...
BOB PETERS

We also clean up the cabinets and if necessary repaint them, before holding them in stores awaiting ...
BOB PETERS

A fire engine from the 1940s wouldn't have the same pump power. The tank wouldn't hold as much water...
BILL PETERS

[Spokane enters the week with a 1-1 record after two weeks of the regular season. After dropping the...
BILL PETERS

Jimmy was solid. He made some big saves at key times and earned a very good win, ... That is exactal...
BILL PETERS

The pre-season has been long and we've had a lot of practices but the guys are energetic and excited...
BILL PETERS

The system we have in place worked just the way it should. It was a little inconvenient.
CAROL PETERS

It's similar to what would happen in your home if you didn't have circuit breakers in place. You'd b...
CAROL PETERS

This is a prescribed action that we do to support the electric grid. Certain areas will be experienc...
CAROL PETERS

What it does is unite the arts groups. A lot of times there are different groups in Gilroy and they'...
CAROL PETERS

We really want to protect the public from a potential hazard especially with situation of grass fire...
CAROL PETERS

There will certainly be new courses in that area. It may also impact the existing interdisciplinary ...
CATHERINE PETERS

Our hope with this initiative is to establish some cohesion to the existing activities that will all...
CATHERINE PETERS

We have existing strengths in engineering and life sciences that we would like to bring together.
CATHERINE PETERS

We are at the stage now where we're discussing with those individuals.
CATHERINE PETERS

The intent is to hire an individual who can both foster connections with the existing research in en...
CATHERINE PETERS

The San Diego region in many ways is defined by our relationship with the ocean. It's our front ...
SCOTT PETERS

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable ...
SCOTT PETERS

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
BERNADETTE PETERS

Underpromise; overdeliver.
TOM PETERS

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
TOM PETERS

Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.
MARGARET PETERS

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the grat...
ELLIS PETERS

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
BERNADETTE PETERS

We added 'recreation' to the name to reflect our complete line of outdoor accessories and a line of ...
WAYNE PETERS

Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers.
TOM PETERS

Supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is our best chance for economic progress.
SCOTT PETERS

You need to look at what can be done in Fort Macleod and district that would give you some profile, ...
LEONA PETERS

George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-m...
BERNADETTE PETERS

God made me, God made you..but then again God made gunpowder and kerosene too.
JORDAN PETERS

Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor...
CLARKE PETERS

[In one courtroom scene, in which Robinson is asked by his lawyer whether he has committed the rape,...
BROCK PETERS

We're definitely not old because we only have two seniors, but we also have three juniors who starte...
NATALIE PETERS

"I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a se...
ELLIS PETERS

We believe that there is a growing awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke and that smoking in ...
CATHY PETERS

I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do!
JOHN PETERS

I want to personally express my gratitude to the citizens of Waller County for the support and court...
CHERYL PETERS

Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fig...
RUSSELL PETERS

Good managers have a bias for action.
TOM PETERS

I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's ac...
RUSSELL PETERS

We?re just plain against it. It?s a David and Goliath situation. We?re just the little people who li...
DAN PETERS

I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and m...
BERNADETTE PETERS

I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has alway...
TOM PETERS

In San Diego, our local innovation economy is a thriving industry employing thousands of highly skil...
SCOTT PETERS

Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of succes...
TOM PETERS

If you look at the empirical findings, the biggest competition is not between states. It's between c...
ALAN PETERS

The retailers who get these economic-development incentives seem to be gaining in ways that they sho...
ALAN PETERS

Retail locates not because of incentives. It locates because there are people there to buy stuff. It...
ALAN PETERS

Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack.
EVAN PETERS

And I love Jennifer Lawrence. She's a total fox. And such a good actress. It's ridiculous.
EVAN PETERS

In Mark's situation, he wasn't able to take care of the dog. Our clients have to be able to take car...
AL PETERS

It was close ? a couple pounds.
AL PETERS

It's amazing how the people still relate to the team. Older people in town went to those games, and ...
AL PETERS

Comprehensive immigration reform would reduce the deficit and help grow the economy.
SCOTT PETERS

Yeah, it was a little slick. But some of these guys when they put helmets on turn into idiots, too.
TIMOTHY PETERS

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
ELIZABETH PETERS

A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
ELIZABETH PETERS

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows i...
ELIZABETH PETERS

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
ELIZABETH PETERS

I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.
ELIZABETH PETERS

They come in and they actually fly the instrument approach to verify the signals put out by the inst...
JIM PETERS

It was exhilarating. If you were talented, it was easy to rise through the ranks if you knew what yo...
DIANA PETERS

This incident proves how powerful an influx and influence of crime writing from other countries has ...
BARBARA PETERS

She has a nice voice. And the personality of the author needs to come through. She had a lot of humo...
BARBARA PETERS

But I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the c...
EVAN PETERS

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and ...
TOM PETERS

When you put it in context, they happen very infrequently. But we don't want to see any.
JIM PETERS

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pret...
TOM PETERS

It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 24 to 48 hours. I think it'll be a big decision...
TAMMY PETERS

People may check us out because they realize the need of education. Once competition comes, usually ...
JERRY PETERS

It stings that their high school season is over, but the past two years, we made the playoffs and wo...
DAN PETERS

I thought it was great idea. You can go to Uganda and spend two weeks over there and recognize the n...
DAVE PETERS

The American Cancer Society has been a supporting organization of the Smoke-Free Milwaukee Project s...
CATHY PETERS

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
BERNADETTE PETERS

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's gr...
BERNADETTE PETERS

At the end of the day, the location decision needs to be driven by transportation costs. We tell our...
MIKE PETERS

We're still finalizing the design and selecting the contractors. (The design) is still shifting and ...
MIKE PETERS

It looks like all the gunshots were fired inside
MIKE PETERS

Kids are the same at any school. There's a light that goes on when they start making adult decisions. For some kids, it takes awhile for the light to go on.

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Kids are the same at any school. There's a light that goes on when they start making adult decisions. For some kids, it takes awhile for the light to go on.

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