People Quotes - Page 1142

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic."

How to be happy: Ignore people who think they know more about you than you do.

Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.

As a personality, I'm not one that likes to be center stage. It's not about me, it's about the music. I just want people to listen.

Who voted for Trump? Who are these people who, as he famously said, would let him shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and still support him? It's people who want too strong a leader, who would do what that leader tells them. Similar to the Europeans following Mussolini and Hitler. There's a streak in humanity that likes that kind of leader. That's Trump's core. Authoritarianism.

Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?

Laughter destroys any divisions between people.

When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'.

Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

Don't underestimate the value of beginning a headline by naming the people you want to reach.

After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things come if not from the hand of God? [In response to these diseases] The world was astounded, and people were terrified for a time, but they have not, to this day, observed the hand of God.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.

I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

Just look around, in life, there's people who want to date people who look like themselves, and there are people who are just looking for a good fit. And a lot of times, a good fit is someone different than yourself. I'm not one to get too hung up on outside appearances. I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.

Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches.