People Quotes - Page 296

The most important thing is that you make sure you follow the music, which is a musician's way of saying follow your heart. The two things are intertwined. You know, when you even mention the phrase "music business," the older you get, the sourer it sounds. It's a terrible business, you know. Music and business have nothing to do with each other; there's no correlation, so it's always a rub. I would encourage people, don't be swayed by the music business. If you're truly, in your heart, a musician, stay one, and let the business find you.

People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.

You never change people by fighting their existing reality.

So you are the people tearing down the Brazilian rainforest and breeding cattle.

A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

This is evangelicalism today: sensual, carnal, unconverted people that have just enough deceptive religion to drive them straight into Hell! Are you that kind of person? Or do you have new affections?

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.

I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.

It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

Theres no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, Im playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money.

And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?

It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent.

More than anything else, let me be clear - we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. That's what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to.

I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with the sound of a word than with its meaning. Often I just choose the words because of the rhythm not because of the meaning.

When you are happy, the people around you are happy, too, and it inspires them to change their own world.

Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy.

There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are.... Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.

Computer is not a device anymore. It is an extension of your mind and your gateway to other people.

We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects.