People Quotes

"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes"

William Tecumseh Sherman, Soldier

"Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people"

Don Herold, Writer

"What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke"

Steve Martin, Comedian

"Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people"

Sarah Palin, Politician

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it"

Princess Diana, Royalty

"Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government"

Milton Friedman, Economist

"I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal"

Milton Friedman, Economist

"Governments never learn. Only people learn"

Milton Friedman, Economist

"And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?"

Milton Friedman, Economist

"I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who is bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never sleep with a girl who had slept with a man"

Megan Fox, Actress

"I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously"

Megan Fox, Actress

"It turns out that the real men are fighting while some people just like to mess around"

Yevgeny Prigozhin, Businessman

"My advice to the Russian elites — get your lads, send them to war, and when you go to the funeral, when you start burying them, people will say that now everything is fair"

Yevgeny Prigozhin, Businessman

"People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"The power of the people and the power of reason are one"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our people"

Denzil Douglas, Statesman

"Are some women and children going to die? Yeah. But it's doing the right thing. You got money, you sit around talking about peace. People who don't have money need some help"

Kid Rock, Musician

"Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values"

Ralph Ellison, Author

"Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that"

Sophia Bush, Actress

"People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"If I tax them, in fact, I'm not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, trusted. It was very controversial, those sorts of things. But finally, it worked out"

Shimon Peres, Statesman

"People find life entirely too time-consuming"

Stanislaw Lec, Poet

"Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe"

Stanislav Grof, Psychologist

"The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper"

Sanford I. Weill, Businessman

"Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do"

Paul Simon, Musician

"There are a lot of people who wait tables. And especially because you can do it at night and you can do your work in the day, she and I had a very similar experience"

Piper Perabo, Actress

"Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?"

Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete

"Let me go to Clinton's new proposal: to have uniforms in public schools. And people are doing that. How come they're doing that? Dress codes! I find that abhorrent"

Russell Means, Activist

"If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me"

Lars von Trier, Director

"When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of the other people that I had bee a studio musician with"

John Sebastian, Musician

"Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you were before you asked"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"It's your life. Live it with people who are alive. It tends to be contagious"

Peter McWilliams, Writer

"Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed"

Patrick Stewart, Actor

"I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people"

Orson Scott Card, Writer

"I see what keeps people young: work!"

Ted Turner, Businessman

"Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her body and her sexuality. Brooke has made herself weak for men - she only gained self-confidence from their attention"

Sophia Bush, Actress

"A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen"

Mark Wahlberg, Actor

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