Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need good habits on the part of the people.
Quotes to Explore
-
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
-
I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
-
Marylanders are among the nation's hardest working and most educated people. We have universities and schools that are among the best in the nation.
-
Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
-
Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
-
People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
-
People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.
-
Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
-
The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
-
I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.
-
Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
-
The incentive for digging up gossip has become so great that people will break the law for the opportunity to take that picture. Then it crosses the line into invasion of privacy. The thing that's really bad about it, though, is that the tabloids don't tell the truth.
-
Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
-
Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
-
I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.
-
When sermons start where people live - their questions, struggles, and concerns - and then offer a timely and helpful word from the Scriptures, people are more interested in hearing what else the Scriptures have to say.
-
It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
-
My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.
-
You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
-
I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.
-
What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women are. We don't treasure women as they get older.
-
One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that ‘violence begets violence.’ I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure-and in some cases I have-that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.
-
For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need good habits on the part of the people.
