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People Quotes by Daniel Handler
- There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants…
- One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or…
- There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little…
- A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing…
- It has been said that the hardest job in the world is raising a child, but the people who says this have probably never worked…
- Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.
- Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look…
- One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is…
- Fetching objects for people who are too lazy to fetch them for themselves is never a pleasant task, particularly when the people are insulting you.
- I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be…
- It is not the diamonds or the birds, the people or the potatoes; it is not any of the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs,…
- This is love if it's not with you, a terrible fiery something that makes people look away, and it feels like a punch in the…
- Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's nothing else you…
- I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This…
- The right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing†is a phrase that refers to times when people ought to know, but don’t know,…
- Simply put, dramatic irony is when a person makes a harmless remark, and someone else who hears it knows something that makes the remark have…
- There is a kind of crying I hope you have not experienced, and it is not just crying about something terrible that has happened, but…
- Is it fair for the bears to come down to where humans live, looking for food? Is it fair for the Duke's soldiers to shoot…
- Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the people who are…
- Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view…
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