“Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
We did a 60 page book in one day. She's one of the most photogenic, easy to shoot, inspiring, extraordinary people in… — Nigel Barker Copy Share Image
“But behind the superficial appearance of a time of radical upheaval, most governments and ordinary people simply did not experience the Belle… — Paul Ham Copy Share Image
I've always thought that there are many things still left in society that are detached from the sense of ordinary people. I… — Yoshihide Suga Copy Share Image
There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous,… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
I'd just like to see thinking come back in style. I haven't heard a new idea in eight years. Let's get ordinary… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
In the texts, and as His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we should check the person's behavior not when they're sitting… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I will focus on smoking in movies and with the amount of time that I have left in the world, I will… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
The growing gap between rich and poor, the seeming lack of concern for the health and well-being of ordinary people, the obscene… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Ordinary people like you and me can achieve very little on their own. We need to build support. Even if you are… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
The trouble is that when most people are apathetic ordinary people ... have to go too far, have to ruin their lives… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“What interests me is the experience of ordinary people. To tell you the truth, although I can repeat certain dates, statistics, and… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
If I'm half as good as everybody said I am, I'm far too good to be wasting time with ordinary people. But… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Im drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. Im not saying… — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I… — Jack Germond Copy Share Image
The basic principles of democracy should be observed whatever the country - principles such as civil liberties, a free market, a free… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A worldview is not the same things a formal philosophy, otherwise it would only be for philosophers. Even ordinary people have a… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
If you spend a lot of time with activists, as I have, they're just ordinary people who instead of Netflix are getting… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying… — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't… — Frank Lautenberg Copy Share Image
If I'm playing someone who's smart, suddenly every character I've played is smart. If I'm playing a bad guy, every character is… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
Sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
What we can do is to shape how that process of global integration proceeds, so that it's increasing opportunity for ordinary people,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was once asked by Jeremy Paxman what is it about celebrity and said that people these days seem to think a… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online - what's good for ordinary people - but other interests… — Sue Gardner Copy Share Image
Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
We Americans understand freedom; we have earned it, we have lived for it, and we have died for it. This nation and… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Some people can do one thing magnificently, like Michelangelo, and others make things like semiconductors or build 747 airplanes -- that type… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I'm trying to buy a house and set some sense of roots because otherwise you're constantly chasing one job after another, and… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
My healthcare plan puts more money into average families' pockets than the Bush tax cuts... He's got a lousy tax cut. It's… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
![“I remember reading [ Studs Terkel's] "Working" when it first came out and just finding that very powerful. I was going into community organizing. What stuck was to reveal the sacredness of ordinary people's lives. That everybody has a story. And I think Studs is terrific at drawing out that…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/barack-obama-17_community_i-remember-reading-studs-terkel-s-workin_3056170.jpg)
