People Quotes · Page 1,209

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

— James A. Baldwin

I think there are more people waiting to forgive me than I need to forgive them.

— Tim McGraw

There are things that you dont do when you know that people are watching you.

— Vikrant Parsai

I think a lot of people are afraid of being happy because of what others might think of it

— Rihanna

People seem to think I got where I am because of the clothes that I wear.

— Paige Spiranac

Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that.

— Leo Varadkar

I am jealous of people who only have one glass of wine and are content.

— Richard Bacon

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.

— Vincent Van Gogh

Gratitude is important. One has to look beyond oneself to see that while there may be people who are far better off,…

— Rhea Pillai

I'm sure nobody wants to just work and earn money and all that stuff. I know it's difficult for people to break…

— Paul Simonon

Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to…

— Barney Frank

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -for killing people. We received…

— John Lennon

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance…

— Ben Bernanke

It doesn't matter if there are 20, 40, 100, or 500 people there. It doesn't matter how many people. You've got to…

— Ladyhawke

I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told…

— Aminatta Forna

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

I want to be like Ford Madox Ford. I want to be talking to somebody across a fire, and I want him…

— John le Carre

My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there.…

— Julian Schnabel

You go to a technology conference or an engineering conference, there are very few women there. At the same time it's a…

— Padmasree Warrior

But there’s a reason we recognize Hamlet as a masterpiece: it’s that Shakespeare told us the truth, and people so rarely tell…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I love working for myself. I've grown to dislike the Hollywood machine. Too much bull, disappointment, and quite frankly, untalented, mindless, and…

— Corbin Bernsen

My experience as a black woman in the industry is simply that often I was the only one in the room. Often…

— Courtney A. Kemp

We're either awake or we're sleeping. During the time that we're awake, we work very hard at denying things, mainly because we…

— Shirin Neshat

Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to be understood, to be told that…

— Ze Frank

At the major studios, you see people wanting to remake a TV series, wanting to make a sequel.

— Clint Eastwood

The American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit.

— Martha Roby

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

— Tori Amos

It's a cruel reality. But after a week, very few people survive.

— Jan Egeland

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

— Bill Nelson

Not enough people enjoy working with color, which delights and inspires me.

— Peter Marino

If people support independently owned small businesses in their community, they can make a difference.

— Kenneth Chenault

An honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.

— Pierre Omidyar

Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom do

— Wilfred Owen

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

— Kathy Acker

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

As a creative, as an artist, I'm just excited when people want my stuff, and want to experience it.

— Randy Pitchford

The people who really love and care about you will always surface in time and stay in your life. Always

— Jessie J

[There has been] every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion.

— Bertrand Russell

Whatever I do winds people up. I've been tattooed with every one of those criticisms.

— Mick Hucknall

The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.

— Dan Deacon