People Quotes

Small: If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don
Kanye West
"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed"
Kanye West, Musician
Small: I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on
"I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away"
Julian Bond, Activist
Small: When theres people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against y
Jello Biafra
"When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous"
Jello Biafra, Musician
Small: The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people
"The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people"
Robert Welch
Small: For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast and too far in this movement wit
"For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast and too far in this movement without enough alarms being sounded to be heard and heeded"
Robert Welch
Small: I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and Im the smallest fish in it
Michael Hutchence
"I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it"
Michael Hutchence, Musician
Small: What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady
Theodor Herzl
"What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal"
Theodor Herzl, Journalist
Small: If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit
Sanford I. Weill
"If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit"
Sanford I. Weill, Businessman
Small: Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much a
"Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world"
Chris Matthews, Journalist
Small: Im not just gonna go after the black Jesse Jackson they all want to make fun of, but I know the wrong people a
"I'm not just gonna go after the black Jesse Jackson they all want to make fun of, but I know the wrong people are gonna laugh at that. I don't want to play to that crowd. I don't"
Chris Matthews, Journalist
Small: Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of peo
"Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate"
Jessica Savitch, Journalist
Small: The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids dont listen. They come by it honestly, America
"The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear"
Branford Marsalis, Musician
Small: If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, theres very little melody in there. People love the
"If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold"
Branford Marsalis, Musician
Small: They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly
Sarah McLachlan
"They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly"
Sarah McLachlan, Musician
Small: Ive always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it
Sarah McLachlan
"I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it"
Sarah McLachlan, Musician
Small: One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are
"One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures"
Larry Wall, Author
Small: Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if youre going to go through it, you might as well
"Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it"
Julie Christie, Actress
Small: Ive never quite understood why people marry marriage is just an invented structure
"I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure"
Julie Christie, Actress
Small: Theres all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with
"There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them"
Jason Schwartzman, Actor
Small: Its funny that people think because you dont have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber s
"It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye"
Jason Schwartzman, Actor
Small: In a city where you walk around, its impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, youll
"In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns"
Jason Schwartzman, Actor
Small: I didnt necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wante
"I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real"
Zach Braff, Actor
Small: I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way
"I was never the girl who walked down the centre of the hallway snapping people out of her way"
Piper Perabo, Actress
Small: Theres a lot of women in the WNBA. Theres a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot
"There's a lot of women in the WNBA. There's a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot - that people are aware of what's going on. I'm really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I'm definitely grateful"
Lisa Leslie, Athlete
Small: People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because theyre going deaf, it has to be p
"People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still"
Milan Kundera, Writer
Small: That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people
Shaquille O'Neal
"That is why one day I said my game will be like the Pythagorean Theorem - hard to figure out. A lot of people really don't know the Pythagorean Theory. They don't make them like me anymore. They don't want to make them like that anymore"
Shaquille O'Neal, Athlete
Small: I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our d
Lucas Papademos
"I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our debt and competitiveness problems. And I think that the Greek people are united; it's important also that the political forces are united in line with the will of the Greek people"
Lucas Papademos, Politician
Small: People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either
"People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either"
Klaus Kinski, Actor
Small: It didnt matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew wed found what most people
John Perry Barlow
"It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing"
John Perry Barlow, Writer
Small: If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as
"If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion"
Naguib Mahfouz, Novelist
Small: Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job
"Many people have asked me how I feel about losing my job"
Carly Fiorina, Businessman
Small: I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy
"I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy"
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President
Small: We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it
Michael Hutchence
"We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage"
Michael Hutchence, Musician
Small: I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesnt really happen in life is what Im interested in
"I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people"
Joss Whedon, Writer
Small: Thats what I do and I enjoy even the hateful moments of a relationship where two people or four people come to
"That's what I do and I enjoy even the hateful moments of a relationship where two people or four people come together to make a bigger mess than originally intended"
Josh Silver, Musician
Small: So right off, Im going to have to say that a lot of people have been comparing Life Is Killing Me to World Com
"So right off, I'm going to have to say that a lot of people have been comparing Life Is Killing Me to World Coming Down, and I think a lot of those people equate art and sales figures, and I don't do that"
Josh Silver, Musician
Small: I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantas
"I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy"
Harrison Ford, Actor
Small: I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the peo
"I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company"
Branford Marsalis, Musician
Small: There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the p
"There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which can cause these failures"
Steven Brust, Author
Small: My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, cult
"My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort"
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty
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