For The People Quotes

I think a lot of people get into stand-up to be the center of attention, which is perfectly legitimate. But I think I got in there to be heard.

The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

My business is making people, especially children, happy.

The ruling class is the rich. . . . And those people are so able to manipulate our democracy that they really control the democracy.

I have never said that people “should” engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy.

Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.

I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don't interact with people I don't like or admire. That's the key. It's like marrying.

You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be OK.

It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.

We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster.

I don't think you should have firearms where people are drinking.

It is easy for me to imagine that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and people who wish to live as machines.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

I'm going to be so normal that when people look up normal in the dictionary, my name will be there.

I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find.

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.

Some people learn by the mistakes of others, but most of us are the others.

I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up.

There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something.

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.

You've got to get people to believe that change is possible... You have to show that you can fight things successfully even if you don't win.

Relief has its place. But what the people need is not relief, but release - release of their own potential for development.

You refuse to forgive people, and yet on the Day of Judgment you will stand bare, begging Allah to forgive you.

Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!

There's nothing, absolutely nothing, more important than your life. And your life isn't more important than other people's lives.

When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say.

I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.

Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980.

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.

The people who should be here aren’t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren’t here.

When people are putting pressure on me I just completely ignore it.

When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.

People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?"

Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to.

People ridiculously overvalue aesthetics and beauty when evaluating products. It's one of the reasons iPods, and, for that matter, Keanu Reeves, are so successful.

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.

When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.

Needless to say, you can love people without leading them, but you cannot lead people without loving them.

Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.