People Quotes

Small: It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understands me bett
Jennifer Lopez
"It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understands me better than some writer. There are people who know who I really am, and that's good enough for me"
Jennifer Lopez, Musician
Small: It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves
Andre Gide
"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves"
Andre Gide, Novelist
Small: It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it often it is by work
Andre Gide
"It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle"
Andre Gide, Novelist
Small: I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? Thats bad
Tupac Shakur
"I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad"
Tupac Shakur, Musician
Small: I just dont know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life
Tupac Shakur
"I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life"
Tupac Shakur, Musician
Small: I dont see myself being special I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look
Tupac Shakur
"I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers"
Tupac Shakur, Musician
Small: Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opp
"Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful"
Margaret Mead, Scientist
Small: I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had
"I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had"
Margaret Mead, Scientist
Small: The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, resto
Dalai Lama
"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds"
Dalai Lama, Leader
Small: Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious
Paul Valery
"Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious"
Paul Valery, Poet
Small: From my time in Health I know that choice empowers people lives
"From my time in Health I know that choice empowers people lives"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: But if we can manage it so people dont have things forced on them that they dont want, I think theres every re
K. Eric Drexler
"But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I think there's every reason to believe things can settle out in a situation that is recognizably better than the one we're stuck in today"
K. Eric Drexler, Scientist
Small: A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said theyd like to be chief. Theres been a cha
Wilma Mankiller
"A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see"
Wilma Mankiller, Statesman
Small: Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why sho
"Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why should we assume those two concepts are mutually exclusive?"
John Hutton, Educator
Small: The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest
Mary Astell
"The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence"
Mary Astell, Writer
Small: People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish
"People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation
"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation"
Abu Bakr, Leader
Small: He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness
"He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness"
Abu Bakr, Leader
Small: Ive encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is
K. Eric Drexler
"I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else"
K. Eric Drexler, Scientist
Small: Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends
"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends"
Shirley MacLaine, Actress
Small: This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?
Spencer Tracy
"This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?"
Spencer Tracy, Actor
Small: People have the power to redeem the work of fools
"People have the power to redeem the work of fools"
Patti Smith, Musician
Small: Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and con
Wilma Mankiller
"Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward"
Wilma Mankiller, Statesman
Small: When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock n rol
"When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep"
Patti Smith, Musician
Small: The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends
"The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends"
Shirley MacLaine, Actress
Small: In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven gener
Wilma Mankiller
"In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people"
Wilma Mankiller, Statesman
Small: I dont think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking
Wilma Mankiller
"I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future"
Wilma Mankiller, Statesman
Small: War: a massacre of people who dont know each other for the profit of people who know each other but dont massa
Paul Valery
"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other"
Paul Valery, Poet
Small: I was never one of those people who thought, What I really want to do is direct. It never occurred to me
"I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me"
Joey Lauren Adams, Actress
Small: What people want, above all, is order
"What people want, above all, is order"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music th
Igor Stravinsky
"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead"
Igor Stravinsky, Composer
Small: The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people
"The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people"
Christopher Morley, Author
Small: In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusion
Bob Dylan
"In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall"
Bob Dylan, Musician
Small: If you want to control other people, first control yourself
"If you want to control other people, first control yourself"
Abu Bakr, Leader
Small: If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth wo
"If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them"
Christopher Morley, Author
Small: If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people
"If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people"
Abu Bakr, Leader
Small: I told you Im not going to criticize my successor. Ill just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will
George W. Bush
"I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind"
George W. Bush, President
Small: When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned
Herbert Hoover
"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned"
Herbert Hoover, President
Small: Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hop
Barack Obama
"Now, anybody who thinks that we can move this economy forward with just a few folks at the top doing well, hoping that it's going to trickle down to working people who are running faster and faster just to keep up, you'll never see it"
Barack Obama, President
Small: If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote
Barack Obama
"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost"
Barack Obama, President
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