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People Quotes by Betty Smith
- I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
- And you must tell the child the legends I told you--as my mother told them to me and her mother to her. You must tell…
- People looking up at her--at her smooth pretty vivacious face--had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her mind.
- People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.
- People always think that happiness is a faraway thing," thought Francie, "something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up;…
- This could be a whole life," she thought. "You work eight hours a day covering wires to earn money to buy food and to pay…
- I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again,…
- There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.
- Some people do crossword puzzles. I do books.
- There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it makes a tree…
- Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the load of thanks…
- You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through…
- No matter where its seed fell, it made a tree which struggled to reach the sky. It grew in boarded-up lots and out of neglected…
- It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good…
- Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is responsible for most…
- I never listen to what people tell me and I can't read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way…
- Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned…
- People always think that happiness is a faraway thing, something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle