Peter Snell famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.
What teenagers want most of all are social rewards, especially the respect of their peers.
I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.
I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist era.
Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.
Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy
I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.
We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.
When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
Stay focused. You gotta believe in yourself. I think that's the biggest thing I've been able to do throughout my whole career, even before I actually had a big career in this industry.

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