People Quotes · Page 1,573

He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse.

— Lord Byron

I'm a better, well-rounded fighter than people think.

— Stephen Thompson

The academic life is wonderful. That's why people love to do research.

— Michael Marmot

Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts.

— Steve Cropper

It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.

— Willem Dafoe

The great thing about having a small family is that there are fewer people to disappoint.

— Dov Davidoff

I think it is really sad that when people lose their homes they kind of lose their minds too.

— Margaret Cho

A sustainable agriculture is one which depletes neither the people nor the land.

— Wendell Berry

Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a…

— Phoebe Snow

Over the years, many people on a spiritual journey have asked me why I keep going on about politics, and many people…

— Marianne Williamson

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

I'm an average person, I just decided to work hard and dedicate myself to something. That's the only thing that separates people…

— Travis Browne

I know how important it is to have role models and people that you see doing what you love because it helps…

— Kelsey Plum

Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours.

— Leon Brown

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

— Noam Chomsky

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that…

— Russell Crowe

Book CoverTo have people who are well informed but not constrained by conscience is conceivably, the most dangerous outcome of education possible.…

— Ernest L. Boyer

We need to learn to listen to what the people need and want and not try to impose on them a whole…

— Gar Alperovitz

People don't learn science in movies. You don't go to the movies thinking, 'I hope I learn some quantum mechanics this afternoon.'…

— Seth Shostak

Fashion Week was at Bryant Park and there were a few shows like Marc Jacobs, or when Alexander McQueen came to town,…

— Roopal Patel

When people learn to master their feelings, they can soon learn to master their reflections and thoughts in the degree requisite for…

— Brigham Young

In the aftermath of 9/11, people had not a good time, but a deep, profound, rousing time, woke up from their ennui…

— Rebecca Solnit

Television was not cool among the young people of my era, the last years of the '90s and the early '00s. It…

— Michelle Dean

It always amused me that there were people working for the good of altruism but also wanting a lot of credit for…

— Issa Rae

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

— Gilbert Gottfried

To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

— Bill Hicks

Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.

— Miranda Richardson

A lot of people see a future where you could make a living as a chess player.

— Hikaru Nakamura

Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.

— Mike Tyson

In fact, because people are religious, they think they can do bad things.

— Bill Maher

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

— DJ Khaled

People like me in the entertainment industry can contribute to social change through our work.

— Shankar Mahadevan

But when two people feel something, they ought to respect that enough to figure it out

— Nora Roberts

I used to tell people I slept on the floor, in my songs.

— Roddy Ricch

I want to constantly be surprising people with different roles.

— Emma Roberts

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

— Alexander Pope

People are like, 'Why are you playing that five-neck guitar?' I want to hurt. I want to play.

— Rick Nielsen

“It was so wonderful to find people who were, well, like people should be.”

— Alexander Key

I don't expect to try to get people to like everything I do. I want them to respect what I do.

— Roger Goodell

The people that are inspirational to me are those who are truly struggling.

— Melody Gardot