People Quotes · Page 1,436

If you're doing your job right, some substantial group of people [is] going to be mad at you.

— Paul Krugman

I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.

— John Darnielle

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

— Toby Jones

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

— Kate Morton

Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.

— Anonymous

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

— John Shirley

Well, it's always strange to kiss someone with 10, 20, 40 people around.

— Chris Messina

Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

— Suzanne Collins

Making books has always felt very connected to my bookselling experience, that of wanting to draw people's attention to things that I…

— Jonathan Lethem

I think more girls feel encouraged when women from their community do well. Especially in a place like Haryana, where people presume…

— Manushi Chhillar

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years.…

— Vera Wang

Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Having an audience is almost like plugging me into an electrical outlet. People feed me so much of their energy. We have…

— Paula Deen

I'm a positive person. I just want to chill, have fun and be productive. And just hope that through Hip-Hop and different…

— Asher Roth

You can be hostile to greed. You can be hostile to income inequality. You can be for raising raises... but you can't…

— Tim Ryan

We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in…

— Mike Lowry

Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause…

— Vera Brittain

You know, almost everyone is an irritant to me. I think people have forgotten what the word 'public' means. 'Public' means you're…

— Fran Lebowitz

Emotional and psychological pain were to become, perhaps, the most powerful force in molding the course of my life. For some people,…

— Joseph Girzone

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war,…

— Barack Obama

When I was first starting out in the music industry, I was always coupled in the same sentence with Jessica Simpson, Britney…

— Mandy Moore

Talent is important, and some background as well. This really is not beginner's school. I want to work with people that have…

— Vlatko Stefanovski

You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come…

— Jimmy Page

I find artists like Tim Barry, Cory Branan, and Jenny Owen Youngs, these current artists that are doing what they're doing now…

— Chuck Ragan

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

— George Bernard Shaw

I learn a lot about my poems when I read them by the way people respond to them.

— Mary Oliver

Why do people sing Take Me Out to The Ballgame when they're already there?

— Alex Rodriguez

You know, it's funny, but all the people I looked up to and always admired were all racers.

— Travis Pastrana

People don't know who I am from my clothes, and they don't need to.

— Sheila Heti

Only three types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk, and the angry.

— Elizabeth Reyes

A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve.

— Barbara De Angelis

My intention is to get more involved in social projects so I can give people a message of hope.

— Marta

People think we're always dark and gloomy, and we're not.

— Matt Skiba

Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

— Denis Waitley

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

— Hugh Gaitskell

Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.

— George Carlin

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.

— Ha-Joon Chang

People don't ask Jay-Z to take his shirt off when he rhymes,

— Janelle Monae

There were three people I always wanted to meet: Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, and Nelson Mandela.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

— Langston Hughes