For The People Quotes

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money.

When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation.

When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.

A small wedding is not necessarily one to which very few people are invited. It is one to which the person you are addressing is not invited.

I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I'm one of them, but I'm not.

At work, conversation increases productivity. And yet people go into work, put on their headphones. In one interview, somebody called it - they become pilots in their own cockpits.

There's also, I think more so in the music business and especially for women, this ceiling that people put on you if you have children or a family and decide to spend time with them.

A competitive culture endures by tearing people down.

Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today?

People who feel well are sick people neglecting themselves.

I think it is important to know how to teach new material to help young people grow and learn.

People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything - as well as make it up - to get it.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

Consumption is a social relationship, the dominant relationship in our society-one that makes it harder and harder for people to hold together, to create community.

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say "hi". You say hi and people whisper "Man, did you see the way she said Hi. What an attitude."

Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields.

There's more people that like me than there are who hate me, so I kind of brush it off.

Don't forget where you came from and treat people a certain way.

I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.

I think a great song appeals to older and younger people and it makes you think. It's also honest, and it also doesn't hurt if it's fun to sing along to.

If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me.

People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie.

I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it. You know, that I'm not a real designer, that I'm not this. I'm not a real rapper, either!

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

The power of thought is far greater than most people ever realize.

The way people get their living determines their social outlook.

History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.

A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.

I have a big, flamboyant, open personality, which I think is why people may be saying these nice things about me.

When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.

I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior, which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others.

I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.

Some of the craziest people Ive met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people Ive met.

The reason people are watching women in their mid-fifties is because a lot of those women feel great and have different, interesting stories to tell.

Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful-just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.

It's a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be spiritual people.

Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

Freedom is a dangerous intoxicant and very few people can tolerate it in any quantity.

Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.

As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.

Only boring people are bored.