People Quotes

• The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

  

  Jim Rohn
  • Truth
  • Interesting
  • Study

• Instead of improvisers who want to be funny by themselves, we aim to try and make the scene itself as funny as possible. As a creator, I think that's someone you'd rather work with, whether it's a movie or a sitcom; that kind of methodology is good for collaboration. People want to be with those kinds of performers.

  

  Matt Besser
  • Good
  • Work
  • Movie

• At the drop of a hat, people will say there are no roles for women after 40. It's there with a bunch of other rules I'm not interested in.

  

  Lesley Nicol
  • People
  • Women

• I want to say that I can be Moroccan and speak about someone without speaking about his nationality. Because, you know, I have the feeling that when you come from Morocco, when you come from Afghanistan, when you come from Africa, Occidental people always wait for you to write a novel about identity.

  

  Leila Slimani
  • People
  • Feeling
  • Identity

• My new song 'Shrug' I created with two guys. The idea was a message about ignoring haters. People one-up you, stay true to yourself.

  

  Christina Grimmie
  • Up
  • True
  • Song

• First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people.

  

  Andre Weil
  • People

• One of the tricks to writing great plays is to get people in a room together and not let them leave. You want the tension to escalate. Keeping them there is the hardest part, so you have to take away any excuse for them to leave.

  

  Adam Rapp
  • Great
  • Writing
  • Together

• I'm in favor of people getting in where they fit in. Wherever you feel you can make the greatest contribution, you should.

  

  Alicia Garza
  • People

• People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.

  

  Jenny Slate
  • People

• In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It's something that people eat when they're wanting to celebrate or have a good time with friends.

  

  Linda Sue Park
  • Time
  • Good
  • Family

• There is no such thing as too much fun. People need to know it is O.K. to tell jokes and be happy.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Happy
  • Fun
  • Jokes

• Today three-quarters of the Palestinian people are displaced: there are 5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world.

  

  Ismail Haniyeh
  • People
  • Palestinian
  • Refugees

• People tend to think that because I'm a performer and I don't go to a regular high school that I haven't personally been affected by bullies. But it's actually quite the contrary.

  

  Ariana Grande
  • School
  • High
  • Performer

• I think people make it too systematic in a way, like it's a chemistry formula. Food is not like that; food is very forgiving. Connecting and making do with a lot of the food elements can be fun and exciting.

  

  Lidia Bastianich
  • People
  • Fun
  • Food

• People are looking around. They are looking to do something with their time and money. The question is, what?

  

  John Simon
  • Time
  • Money
  • Question

• When people asked me, 'What are you going to do?' I'd say, 'I'm going to be an actor,' without really thinking about it. And I started acting without really thinking about it. I only thought about it properly a bit later.

  

  Martin Clunes
  • People
  • Thinking

• I do think that all politicians today have to be more attentive to people wanting to be heard, wanting to have more control over their lives.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Today
  • Control

• I don't know what a conservative is, you know, but I do know what good people are. And that's where I sit with Donald Trump.

  

  Bobby Knight
  • People
  • Good
  • Trump

• People will always choose more money over more sex.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • People
  • Money
  • Sex

• I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career, and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice. Well, what can you do about it? Next.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Good
  • Thinking
  • Writing

• The '80s have not been a gracious decade, and people are seeking ways to be nice to each other.

  

  Letitia Baldrige
  • People
  • Nice

• More and more people are watching entertainment on their phones. On a plane or on a train, or whatever, you see people with their headphones and they're looking at their iPhone or their Galaxy. You're reducing a medium that's meant to be seen on your 65-inch plasma screen at home for your 4-inch monitor on the train. People are ready to do either, and the content has to work on both.

  

  Adrian Pasdar Band from TV
  • Home
  • Train
  • Galaxy

• People who live in hermit states like North Korea, Burma, and Cuba already suffer from global isolation. Fed on a diet of propaganda, they don't know what's happening inside their borders or outside of them. By increasing their seclusion, sanctions make it easier for dictators to blame external enemies for a country's suffering.

  

  Jacob Weisberg
  • Live
  • Country
  • Suffering

• People are pretty because they're nice, and they care about other people, and they have a good heart. That's what makes you pretty, and I didn't know that at one point in my life.

  

  Lauren Alaina
  • Life
  • Good
  • Heart

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