With People Quotes

When people give you their stated reason for doing something always assume they are giving you a reason that sounds good, but not the real reason.

The big thing in life is to focus on providing more value to people than they expect. The rest comes then.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and I didn't know anything else.

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing.

My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to.

I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article.

I don't know how to write without thinking what people would want. You don't know whether they want you to be black or white, so you kind of get a gray, something in the middle.

I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?

Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in the most rational and agreeable manner is one of the great arts of living.

Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state.

It is absurd to expect governments to descend gradually, step-by-step into barbarism - as if there was a train schedule to political hell and people could get off at any stop along the way.

As soon as people drop the reins on government, government will leash the people.

The people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism -- an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction or exaction inflicted upon him.

Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.

Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.

People marry through a variety of other reasons, and with varying results: but to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy.

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men.

You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.

The people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.

People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.

I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm an established filmmaker. It's a blue-collar sensibility.

I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so little about the ocean, and so much of it is being destroyed.

People have to decide do we want our country for ourselves with the people in charge or are we going to elect the the KGB and the House Republicans to decide this election [2016].

These are the people who don't believe in evolution or global warming. So, why would they believe default would hurt anything?

I think the American people ought to take their democracy back.

It's hard to think that you're a political consultant - not many people are going to get a crack at a thing like this.

We all love privacy. We all care about public safety. And none of - at least people that I hang around with, none of us want back doors. We don't want access to devices built-in in some way.

I don't know enough about the legislation , but I think the more information you can put in the hands of the people who are vetting, people who are going to be near children, the better.

Employers know the nature of people best.

The longer people receive economic assistance, the worse their social condition and behavior.

People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem.

When people criticize the free market, they are usually complaining about what happens when you intervene in the free market.

There's always this kind of odd idea that people would say, "Oh, do you know the Queen?" But really people are much smarter than that.

Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on that cast - I really liked.

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.

Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

There are many people of color who are very talented.

Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

I, like many people, had some sort of preconception about Madonna. One of the preconceptions was that she had the extraordinary work ethic, which turned out to be absolutely true.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

I’ve been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about. This one’s fun because a lot more people are interested in the show, wanting to talk about the mystery and that kind of stuff.

The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.

Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are.

As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.

Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

The press should be the voice of the people, not of party.