Peter Coyote quotes

Peter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, and narrator known for his deep, distinctive voice. His notable film and television roles span several decades, and he is also recognized for his narration of many acclaimed documentaries. He has received praise for his versatile talent in both the performing and literary arts. Here are 18 of his quotes:

Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station. (Peter Coyote)
When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers. View quote
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Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion. View quote
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Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage. View quote
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Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector. View quote
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I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern. View quote
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The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship. View quote
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It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy. View quote
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There has to be that feeling in a good villain - that he's awesome, he has his own power; that he is, in several senses, unstoppable. View quote
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Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment. View quote
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The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that. (Peter Coyote)
I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological. View quote
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Money is a way of creating scarcity. View quote
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I would say 90 percent of my mail and phone calls are from people who want some kind of help or succor or commitment from me to do something. View quote
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Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines. View quote
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You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it. View quote
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Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed. View quote
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I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far. View quote
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Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote - Image
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: October 10, 1941
Quotes count: 18