People Quotes - Page 115

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time

I'm not expressing anything. I'm presenting people moving.

Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.

Life is a cycle, and mime is particularly suitable for showing fluidity, transformation, metamorphosis. Words can keep people apart; mime can be a bridge between them.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.

I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy.

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury.

Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.

I'm one of those regular weird people.

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.

If people say that here and there someone has been taken away and maltreated, I can only reply: You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

All creative people want to do the unexpected.

Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white women. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.

Every second we choose to nourish ourselves in a way that supports or depletes our lives, and to think and speak about other people in a way that is honoring or dishonoring. What choice are you going to make today.

At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m “passing the torch.” I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.

It has never mattered to me that thirty million people might think I'm wrong. The number of people who thought Hitler was right did not make him right... Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?

Sometimes, people say certain things about me that are negative, but that's no problem. I try to take their negative and turn it to a positive. That's why I like to surround myself with positive people.

We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom.