Peter McWilliams
Peter McWilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams was an American self-help author who advocated for the legalization of marijuana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 August 1949
CountryUnited States of America
Peter McWilliams quotes about
gambling drug would-be
Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are the Big Three underground 'moneymakers' in consensual crime. There would be, however, significant boosts to the economy if the stigma attached to the other consensual crimes were eliminated through legalization.
experts hopeless media-bias
You can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything.
economic individual capitalism
Capitalism is the only economic system compatible with free individuals
suicide exercise animal
We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live
be-kind enough evidence
If you were arrested for being kind to yourself..would there be enough evidence to convict you?
others-opinions goal important
What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?
dream hero perfect
Heroes became heroes flaws and all. You don’t have to be perfect to fulfill your dream.
important-relationships people firsts
First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.
glasses optimism worry
I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and worry that someone's going to tip it over.
compassion rights expression
If we want the freedom to take part in our bit of differentness, then we must allow others their rights to take part in theirs, as long as they do not harm the person or property of a non-consenting other, of course. IT'S JUST common sense. It's also constitutional and it forms the cornerstone of the American ideal: free individual expression, tolerance and compassion.
dream lying real
To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real - a dream. To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies. Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true.
coming dream lies visualize
To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real -- a dream . To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies . Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true.
almost anytime life
We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose.
mistakes
Mistakes show us what we need to learn.