Persons Quotes · Page 168

Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.

— Herman Melville

The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self.

— Deepak Chopra

Unlike most other people, I'm just an average person.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Refuse to let an old person move into your body.

— Wayne Dyer

Is it really worth dying for the person you love?

— Jodi Picoult

I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person

— Voltaire

It is only when a person gets into difficulty that one can truly see his heart.

— Matthew Polly

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society.

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

If the person or artist doesn't touch it, and if the camera stays relatively far away from it, it doesn't really have…

— James Pearse Connelly

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.

— Keri Russell

Impulsiveness is not a trait one would choose for a person with the power to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

— Donald Trump

You can't help but change a little bit, but on the inside I'm still completely the same person.

— Britney Spears

I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this…

— Brad Dourif

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

— Elle Macpherson

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time…

— Katherine Paterson

No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking.

— Jeff Cooper

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If…

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

The person who abides in solitude and quiet is delivered from fighting three battles: hearing, speech, and sight. Then there remains one…

— Anthony the Great

Sharing words with someone you have never met is like observing a shadow, without seeing the whole person; the place where my…

— Allison Mackie

If something doesn't turn out as planned, you will ask yourself, 'How did I create that? What was I thinking? What were…

— Jack Canfield

We're always supposed to be happy and positive. There's something about letting yourself slip into that vulnerable space because you can really…

— Tristan Prettyman

It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when…

— Paul Merton

I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in…

— Jean Webster

You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably…

— Steven Van Zandt

The Gospel is not presented to mankind as an argument about religious principals. Nor is it offered as a philosophy of life.…

— Massey H. Shepherd

Harmonizing religion and science makes you seem like an open-minded and reasonable person, while asserting their incompatibility makes enemies and brands you…

— Jerry A. Coyne

I'm reading the Gospels at the moment and I can find no evidence of the kind of Christ people seem to have…

— Franco Zeffirelli

For more than two generations, my family had never achieved their ambitions. Their talents were unappreciated and unused. They deserved better. They…

— Marco Rubio

Claims have been made that I've been on a strict workout routine regulated by co-stars, whipped into shape by trainers I've never…

— Scarlett Johansson

Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you.…

— Miranda July

Any messages for me?" Usually I got one or two, but mostly people who wanted my help preferred to talk in person.…

— Ilona Andrews

... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He…

— Anonymous

You think people hate a fat person? Try a fat person who's trying to get thin.

— Junot Diaz

It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard

— Jude Morgan

I can't even trust my own imaginary dog. How much lower can a person get?

— Meg Rosoff

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.

— Edgar Degas

Nothing so consumes a person as meaningless exertion

— Haruki Murakami

I think every genius person has a bit of insanity.

— Allyson Felix

Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.

— Alan Alda