People Quotes - Page 278

I have nothing but respect for people who travel the world to make art and put exotic Indians in front of linen backdrops, but it's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary.

Money is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity. Remember it's the you inside that counts.

The avantgarde are people who don't exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.

It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.

Marxian exploitation is the exploitation of people's lack of understanding of economics.

If you want to be rich, simply serve more people.

No one can tell, when two people walk closely together, what unconscious communication one mind may have with another

Embrace every challenge you have, every person you meet, every place you visit, every task you succeed at, and especially those at which you fail. You will learn from them all. You'll learn about the world at large and about other people but most important, you'll learn about yourself.

I am an eyewitness to the ways in which people relate to themselves and to each other, and my work is a way of scooping and ladling that experience.

So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations and abuses that might be warranted by the terms of the Constitution. It must never be forgotten, however, that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government, as by the limitation of power.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

I don't meet many people that are evil. I meet human beings who are flawed, who are mentally ill and have enormous problems, but I don't think I've ever met someone who was a totally dark energy that had no humanity or sense of love or affection for anything in their life. That's very rare.

People ask if I hate my opponents; I don't. I love them. They are the ones that actually make me bring the best I have.

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

I have so much respect for people in the theater. You can't do 10 or 15 takes. It's all live. It's like life in motion.

It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed.

It's proper that people have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.

Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think.

We often surround ourselves with the people we most want to live with, thus forming a club or clique, not a community. Anyone can form a club; it takes grace, shared vision, and hard work to form a community.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back – and at some point everyone looks back – she will hear her heart saying, “What have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage; the certainty that you wasted your life.

Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

In my case, I can sincerely say that nothing is impossible... When I was saying I want to be No. 1 of the world, and I was seven or eight years old, most of the people were laughing at me because it seems like I have one percent of chances to do that, and I've done it.

Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think.