People Quotes

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway.

Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.

Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

People say you never remember anybody who dies in movies, and it's true, you don't. You don't even remember people who disappear.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

It wasn't until the movie came out that it all changed for us. Some people say it was the start of Ten Years After, but in another way, it was the beginning of the end.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you're doing something.

I let people say and write what they want.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine.

Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.