The People Quotes

Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.

The term "intellectual" is used conventionally to refer to people who happen to have unusual opportunities in this regard, and as always, opportunity confers moral responsibility.

But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home?

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

Most people can accept the truth only in the form of a lie.

There are demons and there are evil people in the world, and you post a picture like that and some cultist gets a hold of it or a coven and they begin muttering curses against an unborn child.

I'm good with telling people what I think, too, but I don't know why people are so content to treat each other poorly.

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

I make a lot of music for different people. My audience is varied so I use different tempos for different music in order to satisfy my many fans.

I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

The blues is not a plaything like some people think they are.

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

You can't reason people out of beliefs they weren't reasoned into.

You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts

People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

I read to see myself in other people's lives.

But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration.

Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself.

Be yourself. You're okay. And it really doesn't matter what other people think.

A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.

Don't underestimate the people. Let them decide.

I find that when I am involved in the business of life, when I'm working with people, particularly with children, I feel better. A kind of strength and energy comes with that.

Some people have low susceptibility to advertising and marketing techniques. These are the people who aren't interested in money. Material acquisition does not serve their need for the power process.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Every people may establish what form of government they please, and change it as they please, the will of the nation being the only thing essential.

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it.

If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people.

Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about.

Only hire people you want to have dinner with.

My biggest pet peeve is inconsiderate people.

I will never understand why people get so upset at things I don't even remember saying.

I laugh at people who say things like 'I'm a good person, I just do bad things.' No, that's not how it works. What you do IS who you are.

Once people take time to find out who I really am you'd be surprised

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life.

We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.

One more thing. The people and the friends that we have lost... or the dreams that have faded... never forget them.

I have to show who I am, play with the crowd, play with the camera. When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation, "What is he going to do?"

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

I am afraid of people because they want me to lead the same kind of life as they do. They want me to dance jolly and cheerful things. I do not like jollity. I love life.

If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.

The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.

The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.

Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost.