People Quotes

The clinical definition of "fascism" is when private concentrated economic power takes government away from the people, turns government into a guarantor, a subsidizer, a covering of corporate power.

People often ask me how would I like to be remembered and I answer that I would simply like to be remembered.

I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.

People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

Love yourself. Respect yourself. Never sell yourself short. Believe in yourself regardless of what people think. You can accomplish anything, absolutely anything, if you set your mind to it.

The task is clear: to create a culture of caretaking in which no one and nowhere is thrown away, in which the inherent value of people and all life is foundational.

People get upset and it becomes an excuse to treat other people a certain way,but if you really step back, you realize what you've left behind.

I just think the American people had better understand what's going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That's what [Russians] are!

If things are too perfect, people are always so afraid that it's going to change, so they ruin it themselves.

I imagine that people see me as they would see me if I were the man that I want to be.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.

If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.

I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean.

Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me. I feel what people get out of me is this outlook on life, which comes out in my music. My music is the last expression of all that.

There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are."

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

It's not written in the Constitution or anything else.... Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to the people, which means, in essence, that it belongs to Congress.

I am called a gold digger all the time. I don't care. There is nothing you can do about what other people say.

Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

The most successful people in the world aren't usually the brightest. They are the ones who persevere.

Nothing has contributed more to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color in the United States than the War on Drugs

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.

It seems people are more willing to let other people control their minds now and recreational drug use doesn't seem to have that same renegade sense of adventure that it once did.

If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.

The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them.

Let’s reserve judgment for people who beat their children, sell their daughters into prostitution, or deny women the right to make decisions about their bodies and their lives.

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

Everyone is a comedy. If people are laughing at you, they just don't quite understand the joke that is themselves.

People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life's biggest mistakes.

the only people who have proof of their sanity are those who have been discharged from mental institutions

If you'll spend time praying for people instead of talking about them, you'll get better results.

Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people.

I have no friends, there are only people I love.

Turbochargers are for people who cant build engines.

Laurel and Hardy. That's John and Yoko, and we stand a better chance under that guise, because all the serious people, like Martin Luther King, and Kennedy, and Gandhi, got shot.

The prettiest people do the ugliest things.

I believe people can move things with their minds.

You can feel the vibes, feel the people pulling for you.