People Quotes

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

A lot of people say, 'Why do health-care reform when the deficits are so big?' But that is when we've got to do it.

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.

One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom.

I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it.

Most people say they talk to me and I sound older.

It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness.

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at me normally.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.

And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. Some people say it's a political strategy. No matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems.

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.

I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.

I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.