People Quotes

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.

When I was young, I used to hear people say, 'He's a golden boy. Look at that guy. Can you imagine what he's going to be like when he grows up?' Well, I unfortunately bought into that. And I hadn't even found myself. Quite honestly, I was running from myself. But I knew how to work Top 40 radio.

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.

And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.