Benjamin Mee > Quotes

“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“You know, sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage, just literally 20 seconds of embarrassing bravery, and I promise you something great will come of it.”
― benjamin mee-we bought a zoo

“All it takes is 20 seconds of insane courage and great things will happen.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“And for once, Donald Rumsfeld, in the news at the time over the Iraq war made sense to me: "As we know," he said, famously, "there are known knowns-things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-things we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns- things we don't know we don't know.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“Throwing yourself into worthwhile, fruitful hard work that you believe in, as much as you can handle and more, is a kind of luxury not everyone gets to experience.”
― Benjamin Mee

“Merely showing a picture of a tree to an accountant in an office block has a small but measurable effect in reducing his or her blood pressure. Actually moving about among trees soothes us far more deeply.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo

“Sometimes, all you need is 20 seconds of embarrassing courage...And I promise you, something beautiful will come out of it.”
― Benjamin Mee "We Bought a Zoo"

“Hey mister! Everyone says you’re a DICK. I don’t know what that means, but I don’t believe it.”
― Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo