People Quotes - Page 183

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.

You should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.

I generally think if you do good things for people in the world, that comes back and you benefit from it over time.

Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.

We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.

If people are going to hate me, I want them to hate me for the right reasons

People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.

Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don't move.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.

We focus on the best, fun, and happy things, and people want that. Being happy never goes out of style.

Some people have the power but not the willingness to help. Others have the willingness but not the power. God has both.

I always ask myself one question: what is human? What does it mean to be human? Maybe people will consider my new films brutal again. But this violence is just a reflection of what they really are, of what is in each one of us to certain degree.

I think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model, and I think people are jumping and missing that stage.

It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

If you're constantly being reminded of the ways in which your history and your narrative as a people were rooted in loss and decay, then you're in deep trouble. Once you make a certain kind of peace with the past, then you should be completely oriented towards speculation about the future.

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.

There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better.