Keeps People Quotes

29 quotes by 28 authors

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven… — Maya Angelou
You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. — George Mikes
Iâ€™m glad to be part of the war on sadness. Iâ€™m a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid. — Marc Maron
The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
What keeps people from living together is their stupidity, not their differences. — Anna Gavalda
The only big ideas I've ever had came from daydreaming, but modern life keeps people from daydreaming. Every moment of the day your mind is… — Paul MacCready
The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed… — Jesse Jackson
As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of communication, the refusal… — Piri Thomas
I believe that, more than anything else, this grief of constantly having to face down our own inadequacies is what keeps people from being writers.… — Ann Patchett
Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended.… — Kofi Annan
Options are good. Keeps people choosing. — Craig Benzine
Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless talk. — Edwin Newman
I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article. — James Blunt
A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. — John Major
In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony. — Harlan Ellison
The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, that reason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe. — Darynda Jones
Life...as God intended it enables us to live above the drag of fear, superstition, shame, pessimism, guilt, anxiety, worry, and all the negativity that keeps… — Charles R. Swindoll
He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses, the needs, the… — Matthew Quick
If I can't play music, what am I gonna do? Music keeps people sane. When you enjoy yourself, most of the time the people who… — Zoot Sims

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