People Quotes
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In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth, such as brazilwood and pepper, which added a new range of sense experience to a civilization which had never suspected its own insipidity... From these same lands our modern Marco Polos now bring back the moral spices of which our society feels an increasing need as it is conscious of sinking further into boredom, but that this time they take the form of photographs, books, and travelers tales.
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New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires me now. But it's wonderful for young people - very inspiring and full of surprises and full of ideas.
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I didn't like not having work and not having people return my calls.
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Golf has probably kept more people sane than psychiatrists have.
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Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.
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Just after Kim Jong Il's death, the official news agency put out an article saying that under Kim Jong Il's rule, the people had been like naive children without a care in the world.
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Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.
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I think if you're a regular viewer of Fox News, you're among the most cynical people on planet Earth. I cannot think of a more cynical slogan than 'Fair and Balanced.'
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I want to soundtrack people's layered feelings.
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We just didn't finish the game off. We've been having that problem all season. Our problem is just stopping people and rebounding the basketball. Until we get that under control, we're going to continue to struggle through 2006 as well.
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We're not trying to form a new religion. I think that all the powerful religions are pretty much the same. People like to pretend they are very different, but they are not. They are really about believing in something bigger than yourself, something that's unseen, and about having some faith. That's not such a bad thing to have in the world.
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I think, to many people in the company, I am somewhat of an outsider.
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The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.
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Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.
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I met a keen observer who gave me a tip: 'If you run across a restaurant where you often see priests eating with priests, or sporting girls with sporting girls, you may be confident that it is good. Those are two classes of people who like to eat well and get their money's worth.'
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The poorest people are the sweetest people.
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Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.
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I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more.
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It's not enough to tell people to be creative; they need to know how, and what to create.
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All we're trying to do is change how people think about fitness. And build Under Armour into the biggest brand in the entire land.
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Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins.
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People who text a lot are not my favorite thing.
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As soon as one of my records goes on, it makes a vast portion of the public nervous. They get spooked by it. To some people who have ears to hear, it's a delightful, refreshing change. But to most of the public, it's a load of homemade-sounding nonsense.
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I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.
