People Quotes
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If you have potato chips, that means, "Who's coming over?"Wealthy people - white people who're wealthy - have a bag of potato chips that's folded over with a clip. "What? There's some left over?" In my house, if there was a bag of potato chips, we'd pour it in a bowl and everybody would just dip in till it was gone.
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Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an atomic bomb.
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When an entire island is laughing at its colonial governor, it is safe to say that he has outlived his usefulness. It is impossible to subjugate people who are laughing at you.
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You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.
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Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.
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It seems to me that most people are interested in reading about characters who are richer than they are.
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Keep in mind that when you tell people to come see you, they might not get the idea about when it's time to leave.
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People can see it when you're honest and sincere.
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I'd rather work on my radio show, which no one hears but I put about eight hours of programming and writing into it for those 30 people who do tune in.
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The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.
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Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke
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That's my ultimate goal: to get people to say my name right.
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'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.
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I felt trapped and fabricated in the fifties living up to other people's expectations.
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I used to do prank calls as these people and try to convince certain hoteliers that I was someone else. At the time, I used to do people like Tony Blair and William Hague. It was very good fun hearing people kind of thinking, 'Hmm, is that who I think it is?'
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The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.
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This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.
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I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.
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Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.
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Most people aren't these grandstanding heroes.
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I don't want to offend anyone, but the United States, everywhere, all over the world, is actively interfering in electoral campaigns in other countries. Is this really news to you? Just talk to people but in such a way (to the extent it is possible for you) so as to convince them that you're not going to make it public. Point your finger to any spot on the world's map, everywhere you'll hear complaints that American officials interfere in their political domestic processes.
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The camera is not the instrument. People are always the instrument.
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We live in a culture that expects instantaneous gratification for everything, and the web has only enhanced that in many ways. It empowers in many ways, but it also makes people believe 'I should have everything right now.'
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How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.
