People Quotes

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.

Kofi Annan
Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular.

Jill Lepore
- People
- Up
- Mysterious

My parents were very unusual people, but it was more valuable to have other people say that than me.

Brooke Hayward
- People
- Parents
I think the most important thing is discovering an idea that moves you, and then letting people who are moved by that idea find each other, and work together. A lot of times people focus on the technical side-"oh, I've got to take a class on non-profit development." Too few people allow themselves to think outside the box with regard to their issue areas.

Van Jones
- Work
- Important
- Together
What else is stop and frisk? These neighborhoods are unsafe not because there's not enough cops illegally frisking people. They're not safe because of economic conditions. They're not safe because of all types of things in the government that people like Mike Bloomberg and Ray Kelly should be looking to fix instead of randomly searching kids in the hood. If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there, too.

Talib Kweli Black Star
- Kids
- College
- Drug
My singing really seemed to connect with people, and it ended up as my main career, which I love.

Andrew Mayer Cohen
- Up
- Career
- Singing
When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

Sia LSD
- People
- Identity
Commissioners are obsessed with young people, which is funny because they don't watch telly - only old people do.

Jennifer Saunders
- People
- Funny