People Quotes - Page 1247

Five people in robes said they are bigger than the voters of California and Congress combined. And bigger than God. May He forgive us all.

I don't know why people think I'm this ad-lib dude.

I've been selfish over the years, and other people who have made it have too, but I can only speak for myself.

To succeed in comedy you ultimately have to put in the hours and get lucky - The amount of people who are able to break through is so small a fraction of the amount of people trying.

They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.

I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.

It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.

The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule.

Today, imagine all the love flowing from your heart to all the people who need your love.

The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone - until they do.

I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.

There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.

The music's rehearsed a lot. All people think about is, they think, in rock 'n' roll, they get the music off right and they think it's okay standing, looking macho. Well, it's not. That's boring. If you want to be a performer you've got to do a lot more work than that.

I'm very ambivalent in my feelings about marriage. I think it promises a lot to people... sort of like saying, once you get married you are on the highway to heaven, and quite often it isn't that. I think marriage has always been based on a combination of religious and legal reasons.

Is there anyone’s life story you don’t want to know?” “Not really.” His expression was unexpectedly serious. “Because people make a story of their lives. Gains, losses, tragedy and triumph—you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They teach you about yourself without ever intending to do it—and they teach you a lot about life.

Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

Too quickly, venting can turn into dumping garbage on the people around us.

People will often say "You can't change other people." My research shows this societal belief is not only dis-empowering, it is scientifically false.

What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take away choice from the American people.

I would like to see the lack of demonization for those of us who stand on sincerely held religious beliefs. It's overdue. That's where you see the demonization of people who stand on their beliefs.

People are always misquoting me.

The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.

Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Why do people respect the package rather than the man?