For The People Quotes

It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

Like the majority of deaf people, I don't like blind people much.

Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.

Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.

I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.

Marriage is socialism among two people.

I don't sign for white people.

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.

People piss you off but its always important to forgive and forget.

I'm trying to make people feel welcome and feel valued.

Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things and then get the scrutiny and support of the team over a long period of time.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.

A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.

Organized people are just too lazy to look for things

Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.

In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

God is not about religion. Religion is a structure that should house our faith in God. Too often it is used to hurt other people in God's name.

There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.

Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

I have this weird sort of Gemini thing where I can really be empathetic and a loving person. But if you piss me off, I can be one of the meanest, most sadistic people.

I had never imagined myself doing [wrestling]. Once I came to the realization that it was a possibility, I just tried to concentrate on what I thought people would enjoy.

People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

There is no more time-wasting process than that of believing people will act, and then finding that they will not.

I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

Runners are the ultimate celebration people. Running is just so intense, you're really experiencing life to the fullest.

If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art.

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

Your goal is to launch an imperfect product and let people laugh at you.

Pennsylvania is home to some of the hardest-working, toughest, most decent people in America.

How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free.

I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

I don't know what people have against government; they haven't done anything.

The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever.

Well I am always interested my people's right. But I will push myself to a revolution without arms.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh

People who are interested in doing something will do it when it's convenient; people who are committed will do it no matter what.

When we change the way we think, we change our lives. What most people do not understand is how powerful our thinking is and how involved it is in our health.

I don't roll like that but I've never been with a hooker either. Yeah, that's good to say in an interview cause I feel bad a little because people grew up watching me and that's a little disturbing.