Christopher Peterson Quotes

• How can we create a cultural legacy of happiness? Let other people matter.

  Christopher Peterson

  People, Legacy, Matter

  Christopher Peterson (2013). “Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections in Positive Psychology”, p.81, Oxford University Press

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• 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

  Christopher Peterson (2012). “Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections on Positive Psychology”, p.277, Oxford University Press

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• 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

  Christopher Peterson (2006). “A Primer in Positive Psychology”, p.128, Oxford University Press

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• "Life is unfair" "The goalposts will move" and above all: "other people matter"

  Christopher Peterson

  Moving, People, Psychology

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• 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

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• 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

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