Persons Quotes

There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on that question many judge quite wrongly.

Vincent Van Gogh
- Easy
- Judging
- Affinity
Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.

Aldrich Ames
- Credit
- Tasks
- Uncertain

I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there's someone you don't hear from, it's the person you want to hear from the most.

Janet Jackson
- Why
- Want
- Sometimes
Thus did I keep my person fresh and new, My presence, like a robe pontifical, Ne'er seen but wondered at, and so my state, Seldom but sumptuous, showed like a feast.

William Shakespeare
- Wonder
- Nobility
- Richness
My father is a very theatrical and dramatic person.

Viva Bianca
Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a person you are.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- People
- Knows
- Persons
I'm not a fatalist. I'm not a religious person. I'm sure there are close calls that we're not even aware of hundreds of times a year. You cross the street, and if you'd crossed the street two minutes later, you'd have been hit by a car, but you'd never know it. I'm sure that kind of stuff happens all the time.

Seth MacFarlane
- Kind
- Religious
- Car
The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears you wrote, was handed me a few days since by Senator Sumner. Please tell these little people I am very glad their young hearts are so full of just and generous sympathy, and that, while I have not the power to grant all they ask, I trust they will remember that God has, and that, as it seems, He wills to do it.

Abraham Lincoln
- God
- Children
- Sympathy