People Quotes

"To those who don't want the truth about Kennedy's assassination to become known, the very repetition of a charge lends it a certain credibility, since people have a tendency to believe that where there's smoke, there's fire"

Jim Garrison, Public Servant

"Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business"

Paul Valery, Poet

"The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie"

Agnes de Mille, Dancer

"The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug"

Jim Garrison, Public Servant

"This kind of charge reveals a good deal about the personality of the people who make it; to impute such motives to another man is to imply you're harboring them yourself"

Jim Garrison, Public Servant

"How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?"

Michael Ignatieff, Politician

"People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too"

Christopher Morley, Author

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage"

John Steinbeck, Author

"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones"

John Steinbeck, Author

"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all"

Michelangelo, Artist

"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on"

George W. Bush, President

"You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher"

Tyler Perry, Actor

"Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship"

Joe Baca, Politician

"If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer"

Laura Miller, Politician

"Adult stem cells have shown great potential and have effectively helped patients. Another alternative is cord-blood stem cells. These are a neglected resource that could be used to treat a diverse body of people"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people"

William Robertson Smith, Scientist

"I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy"

Tyler Perry, Actor

"Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet"

Tyler Perry, Actor

"Some people do better on their own. I don't"

George Peppard, Actor

"I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing"

Madonna Ciccone, Entertainer

"A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture"

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator

"You can't bomb a people just in case"

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician

"The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear"

Dan Millman, Author

"Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up"

Chaim Potok, Author

"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent"

Bob Dylan, Musician

"There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America"

Barack Obama, President

"We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page"

Barack Obama, President

"All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They"

Rudyard Kipling, Writer

"People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long"

Bertolt Brecht, Poet

"Show respect to all people, but grovel to none"

Tecumseh, Leader

"And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite"

Miriam Makeba, Musician

"If you're a good journalist, what you do is live a lot of things vicariously, and report them for other people who want to live vicariously"

Harry Reasoner, Journalist

"I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid"

Bruno Mars, Musician

"The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere"

Kim Novak, Actress

"Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members"

Pearl S. Buck, Novelist

"In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'"

Theodor Adorno, Philosopher

"Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world"

Harry Reasoner, Journalist

"It's the most unhappy people who most fear change"

Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist

"Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking"

Bernard Baruch, Businessman

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