People Quotes

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and I say that it's good that it changed, otherwise it would show a lack of intelligence.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'

People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the one doing the news. It's my show, and there's no place for opinion on my show. It's uninteresting to me.

Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.

I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work.

So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.

People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.