--- title: "Best Peter Guber Quotes" description: "Howard Peter Guber is an American film producer, business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author. He is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-guber-74857.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-guber-74857.jpg) # Peter Guber (1942) Film Producer United States **49** quotes in **476** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Peter Guber is a film producer from the United States, best known for *Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story*. ## Quick Facts About Peter Guber Born March 1, 1942 Nationality United States Profession Film Producer Notable works Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story ## About Peter Guber Howard Peter Guber is an American film producer, business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author. He is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide and received 50 Academy Award nominations. ## Quotes by Peter Guber · Page 2 > [Today everyone, whether they know it or not, is in the emotional transportation business. More and more, success is won by creating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/today-everyone-whether-they-know-it-or-not-is-in-the-emotional/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7e/peter-guber-13632_action_today-everyone-whether-they-know-it-or-n_2361164.jpg) > [Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/well-the-idea-is-that-failure-is-an-inevitable-partner-on-the-road-to/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/peter-guber-13632_confront_well-the-idea-is-that-failure-is-an-inev_523480.jpg) > [In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/in-today-s-roller-coaster-economy-hyper-competitive-fear-based-flat/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/peter-guber-13632_action_in-today-s-roller-coaster-economy-hyper_780539.jpg) > [Social cohesion was built into language long before Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter - we're tribal by nature. Tribes today aren't the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/social-cohesion-was-built-into-language-long-before-facebook-and/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/peter-guber-13632_built_social-cohesion-was-built-into-language_909716.jpg) > [Welcome it as part of a process... you just can't avoid it... if you go to bat enough times, you are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/welcome-it-as-part-of-a-process-you-just-can-t-avoid-it-if-you-go-to/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/peter-guber-13632_baseball_welcome-it-as-part-of-a-process-you-just_185890.jpg) > [Without social cohesion, the human race wouldn't be here: We're not formidable enough to survive without the tactics, rules and strategies that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/without-social-cohesion-the-human-race-wouldn-t-be-here-we-re-not/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/peter-guber-13632_allow_without-social-cohesion-the-human-race-w_1097774.jpg) > [We tend to become social core groups, whatever our similar interest and background where we came through. It tends to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/we-tend-to-become-social-core-groups-whatever-our-similar-interest/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Advocate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advocate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/peter-guber-13632_advocate_we-tend-to-become-social-core-groups-wha_2226057.jpg) > [The seminal elements of what makes a story great - challenge, struggle, resolution - are the same whether we're talking about story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/the-seminal-elements-of-what-makes-a-story-great-challenge-struggle/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/peter-guber-13632_about_the-seminal-elements-of-what-makes-a-sto_964742.jpg) > [A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-guber/a-gun-can-be-dangerous-but-a-gun-can-protect-you-you-can-hunt-for/) [Peter Guber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/) [Amendment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amendment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/peter-guber-13632_amendment_a-gun-can-be-dangerous-but-a-gun-can-pro_840438.jpg) ## Peter Guber by topic [Stories (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories/peter-guber/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-guber/#itemlist", "name": "Peter Guber Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today everyone, whether they know it or not, is in the emotional transportation business. 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