“People don't want other people to be people.”

“People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.”

Emma Donoghue Room

“I don't consider myself a racist, I don't hate other peoples, but I certainly want to preserve my own. And I think that's true of all people.”

David Duke (1950) American White nationalist, white supremacist, writer, right-wing politician, and a former Republican Louisiana …

“I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.”

George Balanchine (1904–1983) Georgian choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904-1983)

“People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.”

Ken Kesey (1935–2001) novelist

“"I don't want to! Why should I?"
"Because more people will be happier if you do than if you don't."
"So what? I don't care about other people."
"You should."
"But why?"
"Because more people will be happier if you do than if you don't."”

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist

“Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.”

Richard Ford (1944) American novelist and short story writer

“People know what they want because they know what other people want.”

Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society

“Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.”

Baz Luhrmann (1962) Australian film director, screenwriter and producer

“Why do people want to talk to each other? I mean, what are the things people always want to find out about other people?”

Shirley Jackson book The Haunting of Hill House