Person Quotes

Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics.

I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment.

We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm.

I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

It's been an extraordinary journey. I have learned so much along the way. I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.

I entered the modeling industry as a business person already. I always knew I belonged on the other side of the camera.

I am a shy person.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

If a person feels he can't communicate, the least he can do is shut up about it.

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

I'm a results-oriented person and my Senate record shows that.

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.

Well, because Dawn of the Dead can take place anywhere and it shows that actually the entire planet is contaminated, I would say that it shows the new face of our world - one person, one race, united against the invisible destructive force.

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.

A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow.