Quotes about people

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“This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.”

“I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you're going to be.”

“Another lover hits the universe. The circle is broken. But with death comes rebirth. And like all lovers and sad people, I am a poet.”

“Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.”

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”

“I don’t see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”

“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”

“Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.”

“Two drowning people can't save each other. All they can do is drag each other down.”

“You’re only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You’ve done something.”

“What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who only has eyes, if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician, or a lyre in every chamber of his heart if he is a poet, or even, if he is a boxer, just his muscles? Far from it: at the same time he is also a political being, constantly aware of the heartbreaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. How could it be possible to feel no interest in other people, and with a cool indifference to detach yourself from the very life which they bring to you so abundantly? No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.”

“I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

“The biggest problem is the moment you say "spirituality," somebody starts talking about God, someone else about mukti, someone else about nirvana and someone else about the Ultimate. They are all already up there. You cannot do anything with people who are already up there. If somebody is down here, you can do something with them. You can only take a step if your feet are on the ground, isn't it? The moment you talk about God, you are not here anymore; you know it all. You can only start a journey from where you are. You cannot start a journey from where you are not. If you are willing to come down to where you are, then we can see what the next step is. If you are already on the third step to heaven, what can I do with you?”

“When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.”

“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”

“Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”

“People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge.”

“I suppose nowadays it's all a question of surgery, isn't it? Of course the notion is beautiful, the idea of staying a boy and a child forever, and I think you can. I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old.”

“But we know that people are complicated and have a mixture of flaws and talents and sins. So why do we pretend that we don’t?”

“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it”

“Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.”

“If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to
wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.”

“Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.”

“Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.”

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”

“People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves.”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. 'The kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing who would ever have been spared' (Luther).”

“Objects exist and if one pays more attention to them than to people, it is precisely because they exist more than the people. Dead objects are still alive. Living people are often already dead.”

“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING
HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people
BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging, sharing with other people”

“I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough) any wounds being inflicted, of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another.”

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”

“Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.”

“Grace is not opposed to effort. It is opposed to earning. Effort is action. Earning is attitude. You have never seen people more active than those who have been set on fire by the grace of God.”

“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.”

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.”

“I'm not close to people, I am close to myself. I spend a lot of time inside.”

“Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read.”

“It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.”

“Everything people did seemed so silly, because they only died in the end.”

“Have this faith that someone is there to take away your weaknesses. Ok, you slipped once, twice, thrice. It does not matter. Keep moving ahead. People take vows never to commit mistakes again. Breaking the vows makes it worse. Surrendering is better”

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.”

“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”

“Apparently nothing will ever teach these people that the other 99 percent of the population exist.”

“Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone… the worst kind of loneliness in the world is isolation that comes from being misunderstood, it can make people lose their grasp on reality. - Sienna Brooks”

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”

“People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.”

“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.”

“Light travels faster than sound. Isn't that why people appear bright before you hear them speak?”

“One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.”

“Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor”

“We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.”

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”

“If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to.”

“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.”

“It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union…. Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less”

“I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”

“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.”

“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”

“You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.”

“I walked around the block twice, passed 200 people and failed to see a human being.”

“The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!”

“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”

“People are crazy and times are strange… I used to care but things have changed”

“Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.”

“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

“It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.”

“When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.”

“These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here”

“You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.”

“Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.”

“Respectable people… What bastards!”

“Things, even people have a way of leaking into each other like flavours when you cook.”

“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”

“All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.”

“It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is often brought on by short people. They are so much more energetic and uncompromising than the big fellows.”

“I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.”

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

“Every day, sincerely and without phoniness, Lou demonstrated by his actions how very vital it is - more than anything else - to understand and appreciate the people who work with you…. Do your job well, learn your job well, but always remember that the people you work with are your most valuable asset. Embrace them. Honor them. Respect them" (206) "Prescriptions for Success" by John Schuerholz”

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

“… you are strong only as long as you don't deprive people of. For a person you've takenfrom us no longer in your power. He's free all over again.”

“If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't defend themselves, period."
"Well, if I don't fight back and they pound on me, then I'm one of the people I should be defending.”

“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. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.”

“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”

“For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.”

“The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.”

“Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”

“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”

“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”

“Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.”

“I've told you before. You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and your preconceptions.”

“Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.”

“Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence. I hear the roar of women’s silence. I sense the rumble of their storm and feel the fury of their revolt.”

“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn't stop you having your own opinions. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.”

“To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!”

“It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.”