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People Quotes - Page 1252

For me, being vulnerable is asking for help from other people whatever it may be.

Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 31, 2013.

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). “The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes”, p.111

The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2014). “Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus”, p.24, First Avenue Editions

The fossil-fuel-based development model has not benefitted all people and those who have benefitted least are now suffering great harm in the face of climate change.

"19 VIPs Who Get Climate Change Better Than Congress" by Jacqueline Howard, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2015.

It takes a good many years and some pretty hard knocks to make people tolerant.

Mary Roberts Rinehart (2014). “Where There's a Will”, p.242, The Floating Press

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.

Marvin Bower (1966). “The will to manage: corporate success through programmed management”