People Quotes
The voice of the people is the voice of God. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.Alcuin
You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insiduously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to seperate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.Leo Rosten
Always treat people with respect and kindness, for they may be selected to be on your jury.Steve Pershing
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.Lord Chesterfield
There are two kinds of people those who say to God, Thy will be done, and those to whom God says, All right, then, have it your way.C. S. Lewis
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.Edward De Bono
We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.Golda Mei
It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.Nancy Asto
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.George Orwell, (attributed)
If you keep your mind sufficiently open, people will throw a lot of rubbish into it.William A. Orton
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.W. Somerset Maugham
It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.Anne Bronte, Agnes Grey
Some people say it is better to appear foolish than open your mouth and remove all doubt. I say if it is already thought then you have nothing to lose.Dane Helmers
The greatest discoveries have come from people who have looked at a standard situation and seen it differently.Ira Erwin
Calendars are for careful people, not passionate ones.Chuck, The World According to Chuck weblog, September 8, 2003
My friends, your people have both intellect and heart; you use these to consider in what way you can do the best to live.Spotted Tail (Sioux Indian)
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re - Created.Brenda Ueland
During these times, when crazy people are running the government, all you can do is laugh.Bill McKenney, Speech to the Harvard Antimony Society, August 15, 2005
We forfeit three - Fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.Arthur Schopenhaue
When people think the world of you, be careful with them.Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho Blog, 09 - 26 - 05
Most people live ninety percent in the past, seven percent in the present, and that only leaves three percent for the future.John Steinbeck, The Winter of our Discontent
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves.Lord Chesterfield, letter to his godson, December 18, 1765
A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.Jerry Seinfeld
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.Casey Stengel
It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.Herbert Samuel
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.Ernest Dimnet
Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.Kim Hubbard
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.Robert Frost
Three people can keep a secret so long as two of them are dead.Benjamin Franklin
As the representatives of the people we are here to declare that our resolve has not been weakened by these horrific and cowardly acts. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.Tom Daschle
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.Thomas Mann
Rarely do we find men who willingly to engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half - Baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.Martin Luther King, Jr.
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.Aldous Huxley
Continuous unremitting darkness has been known to send some people into an emotional tailspin, so the management here at KBHR radio suggests locking away the firearms. The desire to stick that 45 between the teeth can get pretty strong at times, so why invite temptation.Andrew Schneide
I let the American people down.Richard Milhous Nixon
