People Quotes - Page 259

Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented, least articulate, least nuanced thinkers, least likely to take a stand against abuse, and the least courageous people thrive in the Church today.

There is a lot of work to be done to make sure our leaders reflect the people they are supposed to represent. The more diverse a group of decision makers is, the more informed the decision will be. Until we achieve full representation, we all should understand we are falling short of the ideals of our country.

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.

Maybe home isn't a place. Maybe it's a feeling you have inside of you, being around the people who matter to you

Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house.

The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to prove to my kids that once I was an actor!

The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally ... enable the people to resist and triumph over them.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Good marketers see consumers as complete human beings with all the dimensions real people have.

When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him?'

Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

We wouldn't care so much what people thought of us if we knew how seldom they did.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

We runners are all a little nutty, but we're good people who just want to enjoy our healthy, primitive challenge. Others may not understand running, but we do, and we cherish it. That's our only message.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the world. That's another reason why I climb.

Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.

Elizabeth Taylor is one of the great cultural icons. She is a part of our history and should be celebrated.… This presentation is very special for the community, there are so many people who want to understand this side of Elizabeth Taylor.

There are two ways of destroying a people. Either condemn them en bloc or force them to repudiate the leaders they adopted. The second is the worse.

Buy experiences, not things. Spending on experiences makes people happier than spending on things. Things get broken and go out of style. Experiences get better every time you talk about them.