People Quotes - Page 568

I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing....It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.

We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

More often than not, things and people are as they appear.

Malaysians, during the colonial period, were not given the top positions: we were always subordinate. Fortunately for us, the people who took over were mainly civil servants: people who were serving the Government.

I wouldn't say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better place. I want to inspire people and I wanna be part of the solution.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away

The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

When you stay too long in the same place, things and people go to pot on you, they rot and start stinking for your special benefit.

It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.

Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

Some people, their whole lives, are just injustice collectors. They’re going to find new injustices every day. That’s what they do, and that’s what they are.

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you.

In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved.

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true

A lot of people let me down... A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me.

As long as people remember me forever, that will be enough for me.

You can believe in Fung Shui if you want, but ultimately people control their own fate. The most important thing is to improve yourself and give it your best. Then many things previously thought to be impossible will become possible.

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'

In some ways, you know, people that don't exist, are much nicer than people that do.