People Quotes: Inspirational and Thought-Provoking Words about Humanity...

"There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck"

Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher

"Hell is other people"

Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher

"Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way"

Seneca the Younger, Statesman

"The environment should act as an aquarium which reflects the ideas, ethics, attitudes, and culture of the people who live in it"

Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher

"What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely"

Franklin P. Jones, Journalist

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

Douglas Adams, Writer

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people"

W. C. Fields, Comedian

"Successful people are 100% convinced that they are masters of their own destiny, they're not creatures of circumstance, they create circumstance if the circumstances around them suck they change them"

Jordan Belfort, Author

"I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!"

Steven Wright, Comedian

"People want economy and they will pay any price to get it"

Lee Iacocca, Businessman

"I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences"

Jim Morrison, Musician

"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country"

Lyn Nofziger

"Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people"

John D. Rockefeller, Businessman

"My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message"

Christian Bale, Actor

"In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine"

J. William Fulbright, Politician

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them"

Patrick Henry, Politician

"Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?"

Gregory Peck, Actor

"A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!"

Arthur Miller, Playwright

"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel"

William J. Clinton, President

"Music can change the world because it can change people"

Bono, Musician

"Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at it like smoke and mirrors. I still think it's a dream, but I ain't pinching myself yet"

Chris Brown, Musician

"The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks"

Lord Acton, Historian

"Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better"

Esther Dyson, Scientist

"As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible"

Hank Stram, Athlete

"From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canada's war effort as effective as possible"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand"

Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant

"Dogs are my favorite people"

Richard Dean Anderson, Actor

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people"

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty

"Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil"

David Wilmot, Activist

"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"

Philo, Philosopher

"Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other"

Alex Noble

"When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people. The Taliban is an ideology that has sprung out of a history that, you know, America created anyway"

Arundhati Roy, Novelist