Quotes about life and people

„MAKE LIFE SIMPLER
Missing someone? Call them.
Want to understand? Ask questions.
Want to be heard? Speak clearly.
Object to something? Say so.
Like something? Say so.
Want something? Ask.
Feel hurt? Tell them.
Feel happy? Share it.
Love someone? Tell them.
When you need to communicate, don't rely on telepathy.“

„Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death.“

— Milan Kundera, book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

„I am the only person still alive of that rescuing group but I want everyone to know that, while I was coordinating our efforts, we were about twenty to twenty five people. I did not do it alone.“

— Irena Sendler Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer 1910 - 2008
Quoted in "The Long Path to Irena Sendler - Mother of the Holocaust Children" http://www.socwork.net/2006/1/historicalportraits/wieler, by Joachim Wieler Social Work & Society, vol. 4 (2006)

„It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.“

— Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

„I figured out that my passion is not really for music. My passion is actually for people. So the exploration into different musics of different times has to do with trying to figure out who these people are, what this music represents and what context do we want to give it and what does it mean to us right now.“

— Yo-Yo Ma American cellist 1955
National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday Jan. 14, 2007, NPR, 2009-02-03 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6835078,

„The people think of wealth and power as the greatest fate,
But in this world a spell of health is the best state.
What men call sovereignty is a worldly strife and constant war;
Worship of God is the highest throne, the happiest of all estates.“

— Suleiman Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1494 - 1566
Poetry, Mansel, Philip, Constantinople: city of the world's desire 1453-1924 (1995), p. 84

„Don't put no constrictions on da people. Leave 'em ta hell alone.“

— Jimmy Durante American jazz singer, pianist, comedian and actor 1893 - 1980
As quoted in Low Man On A Totem Pole (1941) by Harry Allen Smith, p. 185 Variant: Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone?

„I'm very proud [to be part Italian] … Although I don't eat a lot of Italian things, because I'm vegan. … I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding. But I am a firm believer in eating a full plant-based, whole food diet that can expand your life length and make you an all-round happier person. It is tricky dining out, but I just stick to what I know – veggies, fruit and salad – then when I get home I'll have something else.“

— Ariana Grande American singer-songwriter 1993
"Ariana Grande: "I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding"" https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ariana-grande-i-love-animals-4754625, interview with the Mirror (5 December 2014)

„Is it not frightening, that we, the Romanian people, no longer can produce fruit? That we do not have a Romanian culture of our own, of our people, of our blood, to shine in the world side by side with that of other peoples? That we be condemned today to present ourselves before the world with products of Jewish essence? That today, at this moment, when the world expects that the Romanian people appear to show the fruit of our national blood and genius, we present ourselves with an infection of Judaic cultural caricature?“

— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Romanian politician 1899 - 1938
For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Nation and Culture

„Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die.“

— Мустафа Кемаль Ататюрк Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey 1881 - 1938
Context: Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place. Orders to the 57th Infantry Regiment, at the Battle of Gallipoli (25 April 1915); as quoted in Studies in Battle Command http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/csi-battles.htm by Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College, p. 89; also quoted in Turkey (2007) by Verity Campbell, p. 188 Variant translation: I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die.

„“ We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage.“

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigerian writer 1977

„Money buys you the freedom to live your life the way you want.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

„It’s the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

„Life is good when you have a good sandwich.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

„When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

„My boys may charge me with all they want. The main thing is, it helps them. They are not evil and no criminals. They are the products of total war, grown up on the streets of scattered towns without any education! The only thing [they] knew was to handle weapons for the Dream of [the] Reich. They were young people with a hot heart and the desire to win or to die, according to the word: right or wrong—my country!“

— Joachim Peiper SS officer 1915 - 1976
Letter to Willis Everett, July 4, 1946. Parker, Hitler's Warrior, chapter 14, citing Everett Papers in note 5.

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Quotes about life and people

„Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals have the right to a merciful death.“

„I am the only person still alive of that rescuing group but I want everyone to know that, while I was coordinating our efforts, we were about twenty to twenty five people. I did not do it alone.“

„It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.“

„The people think of wealth and power as the greatest fate,
But in this world a spell of health is the best state.
What men call sovereignty is a worldly strife and constant war;
Worship of God is the highest throne, the happiest of all estates.“

„Don't put no constrictions on da people. Leave 'em ta hell alone.“

„Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die.“

„“ We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage.“

„Money buys you the freedom to live your life the way you want.“

„It’s the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.“

„Life is good when you have a good sandwich.“

„When the people you love are gone, you’re alone.“

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