People Quotes - Page 681

I accept relationship as my primary teacher about myself, other people, and the mysteries of the universe.

Every day people engaged in the clever defiance of their own intuition become, in midthought, victims of violence and accidents. So when we wonder why we are victims so often, the answer is clear: It is because we are so good at it.

Sometimes I have better relationships with my barber then with people who are into cinema from an upper class.

People are always worried about what's happening next. They often find it difficult to stand still, to occupy the now without worrying about the future. People are generally not satisfied with what they have; they are very concerned with what they are going to have.

My biggest problem with the retirement thing was I'd be leaving the part of this business that I enjoy the most... the entertaining part, being on stage and seeing how the music affects people.

I think a lot of creative people have no sense of numbers and economics.

If you can't trust a Methodist with absolute power to arrest people and not have to say why, then whom can you trust?

How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.

The world hates Christian people if they can see God in them.

Canon is basically a very aggressive company. Our company works on competitive principles. It does not treat people equally, but it does treat them fairly.

What is superstition , but misguided, unobjective science? And when it comes down to that, is it to be wondered if people grasp at superstition in this rotten, hate-filled, half-doomed world of today? Lord knows, I'd welcome the blackest of black magic, if it could do anything to stave off the atom bomb.

When I first started going to Portland, people told me about Stumptown. They were like 'Oh, it's the best coffee,'and I thought, 'How good could it really be?' I'm like, 'Sure, great, uh... I'd love to see it.' But then when I went, it truly, I am not kidding, is the best coffee I have ever had.

I basked in you; I loved you, helplessly, with a boundless tongue-tied love. And death doesn't prevent me from loving you. Besides, in my opinion you aren't dead. (I know dead people, and you are not dead.)

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

People die, but books never die.

There is always a point in the party where I wouldn't say I have people in the palm of my hands, but when there is a point in the evening... if you have been to any great party, you know when the whole room becomes one.

Curiosity pulls people into the scam.

People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.

You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.

People never cease to amaze us.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

Most people catch their presuppositions from their family and surrounding society the way a child catches measles.

We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.

I can count on one hand how many people I trust.

Profit isn't and shouldn't be the mission of business. The mission of business is to help people. To help your customers, your co-workers, your employees, and your partners. Success is not a number - it's not X dollars or Y customers - it's a measurement of VALUE.