People Quotes - Page 307

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

The only people without problems are those in cemeteries.

I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.

Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

People on the autism spectrum don't think the same way you do. In my life, people who made a difference were those who didn't see labels, who believed in building on what was there. These were people who didn't try to drag me into their world, but came into mine instead.

This feeling African-Americans have, this skepticism towards the police and the skepticism that the police show towards African-Americans is actually quite old. And it may be one of the most durable aspects of the relationship between black people and their country really in our history.

Nothing pleases people more than to go on thinking what they have always thought, and at the same time imagine that they are thinking something new and daring: it combines the advantage of security and the delight of adventure.

I don’t care about someone being intelligent; any situation between people, when they are really human with each other, produces ‘intelligence.

I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.

There are enough people in the world who are going to write you off. You don't need to do that to yourself.

Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.

Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together.

People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.

When the concept of Social Security came before the House, every Republican but one voted against it. Had it not been for the Democrats, Social Security would never have passed, and our older people would not have this great support that our people provide. It has been my experience that Democrats generally vote to protect the people, while Republicans seem to try to protect the interests of big business.

I let people say and write what they want.

Among whom the gods bless, high on the list are the music people, who tune into celestial vibe-brations and give mortals a taste of immortal sensations.

Kings and magistrates are invested with no more power than the people entrust to them.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

Know me for my abilities, not my disability.

For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.

It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies.

The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.