Peter Scott Quotes

• We Shan't Save All We Would Like To, But We Shall Save A Great Deal More Than If We Had Never Tried.

  Peter Scott

  Deals, Ifs

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• TThe most effective way to save the threatened and decimated natural world is to cause people to fall in love with it again, with its beauty and its reality.

  Peter Scott

  Falling In Love, Reality, People

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• The conservationist¹s most important task, if we are to save the Earth, is to educate.

  Peter Scott

  Motivational, Important, Tasks

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• You've made your bed, now go bounce on it.

  Peter Scott

  Bed, Made, Bounce

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• I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey rather than shooting for an eagle.

  Peter Scott

  Eagles, Shooting, Settling

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• Not every woman is obsessed with shoes. But every woman is more obsessed with shoes than her husband is (although that's not too difficult to accomplish, since your husband has exactly two pairs--black shoes that are ten years old and barely broken in and sneakers that are so dirty they classify as a biohazard).

  Peter Scott

  Husband, Dirty, Years

  Peter Scott (2008). “There's a Spouse in My House: A Humorous Journey Through the First Years of Marriage”, p.97, Penguin

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• I suppose I was very disappointed that I was injured during training for Korea. In fact, I had an argument with a grenade and it won, and consequently I was forced to come back to Australia for twelve months.

  Peter Scott

  Korea, Australia, Training

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• If at first you don't succeed, have a cup of tea.

  Peter Scott

  Tea, Cups, Firsts

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• Every bride and groom in the history of civilization has gained weight after their wedding day. It is only a matter of time until archaeologists unearth a married caveman who's wearing a pair of old tux pants that were so tight he couldn't get the zipper closed.

  Peter Scott

  Civilization, Zippers, Matter

  Peter Scott (2008). “There's a Spouse in My House: A Humorous Journey Through the First Years of Marriage”, p.72, Penguin

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• But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was there and where they were.

  Peter Scott

  Knowing, Doing Me, Way

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• Think of your husband as a house. You are allowed to give him a fresh coat of paint and change out the furniture now and then. But if you're constantly trying to pour a new foundation or replace the roof, you're in serious trouble.

  Peter Scott

  Husband, Thinking, Giving

  Peter Scott (2008). “There's a Spouse in My House: A Humorous Journey Through the First Years of Marriage”, p.105, Penguin

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