For The People Quotes

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.

I really want to help people. I really want to give somebody that hope that they need to keep going.

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.

I like the fact people consider me unique, one of a kind.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it.

I have an interest in giving people a cathartic experience, and making them look at homeless people differently, and making them question how they judge people, in general.

I find that our response to homelessness really puzzlingly. It's a peculiar response that people have.

Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand music to understand the power of a pop song.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists, when there's a give and take, and you are heightening an idea, exploring it together, that is my favorite thing in the world.

I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it.

The taste of people with large bank accounts tends not to be on the cutting edge.

When the sciences are supreme, average people lose their feeling of causality.

People joked that Forster became more renowned with every book he did not write.

Why are people saying it's too soon? Like the people on that flight, we need to agree about what to do about terrorism. And I think we need to have that conversation now.

It saddens me that educated people don't even know that my subject exists.

...Delay, says Dr. Manner, is a luxury which people with right-now cancers cannot afford.

"Romanticizing the past" is a familiar accusation, made mostly by people who think it is more grown-up to romanticize the future.

I've noticed a funny thing about people who are over-weight. They spend all their time thinking about food -except when they're actually eating it

The spaghetti sauce is a good thing to think about. Morning, noon, and night, think about the spaghetti sauce. Think about hustling other people to buy the spaghetti sauce.

People like to do what they used to do after they've stopped being able to do it.

I love people, and I'm excited that I can turn them on.

I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.

I feel most miserable When I can't step "step up to the plate" You know? People often say Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it

I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image.

When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am?

You've got to be pretty confident that you're good. If I do a show and for whatever reason no one laughs, I'll be like, 'Wow, those people are weird'.

Success is making a positive difference to other people, especially seeing others grow, succeed and thrive as a result of your own small contribution.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.

Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?

Their incompatible appearances have actually made them more compatible ... Some people said that when a couple comes together ... they will compliment each others shortcomings

Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.

Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.

People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive.

The problem is, that we've got a position, often times by the NRA that says any regulation whatsoever is the camel's nose under the tent. And that, I think, is not where the American people are at.

We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount.

The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.

We have concerns whenever we see people who have large stockpiles of weapons, or appear to be in the process of accumulating weapons and ammunition.

I think every case is different. Every situation is different. People come on the F.B.I.'s radar screen for a variety of reasons at a variety of times.

My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.

It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.

Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the "big kahuna" in managing people.

The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.