People Quotes - Page 826

Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers.

People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.

I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

A man is not a dictator when he is given a commission from the people and carries it out.

The term 'just war' is an internal contradiction. War is inherently unjust, and the great challenge of our time is how to deal with evil, tyranny and oppression without killing huge numbers of people.

I like to write from my life and the relationships that make it up. I think its important to use music to change people's moods. I try to write my story in a way that people can take for themselves and their own life.

Donald Trump really believes that the more you help wealthy people, the better off we'll be and that everything will work out from there.

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

Jews are a perverse people, accursed by God forever.

You're so convinced you'll disappoint people if you show them that you're not perfect. You don't realize you are perfect. Your imperfections are what make you perfect. They make you you. That's what people love. It's what I love too.

The arts have always served relationships between people of different cultures so well. In a way, the arts function as a very serious kind of ambassador.

People who think they have no belief quite often say they want to pray but they do not know who or what they could be praying to. Aquinas would not say to such people, 'Ah, but you see, if you became a believer, a Christian, we would change all that. You would come to understand to whom you are praying.' Not at all. He would say to such people, 'If you became a Christian you would stop being surprised or ashamed of your condition. You would be happy with it. For faith would assure you that you could not know what God is until he reveals himself to us openly.'

I find that people today tend to use them interchangeably. I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it's easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when you're in a barber shop, somebody'll say, "Did you see what that Negro did?" A lot of people slip in and out of different terms effortlessly, and I don't think the thought police should be on patrol.

There haven't been fundamental structural changes in America. There's been a very important symbolic change and that is the election of Barack Obama. But the only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all live in a very nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

When the news first came that Japan had attacked us my first feeling was of relief that ... a crisis had come in a way which would unite all our people. This continued to be my dominant feeling in spite of the news of catastrophes which quickly developed.

Murders came with smiles, shooting people was no big deal for us Goodfellas.

The present generation has been born into a throwaway society of consumers in which both goods and young people are increasingly objectified and disposable.

Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people.

I wanted to see London the way old people want to see home before they die.

People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out.

Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.

The happiest people I know are not those who are the most beautiful, rich or famous. The happiest people I see are simply those who stay cheerful and try to cheer up others while getting through their own bad stuff

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

People always want an explanation about everything and I cannot give it to them. Because I don't know myself. 'Why did you do a pair of pants like that?' I have no idea. I'm not going to have a 20-minute political discussion about the necessity for slashed, painted leather jeans. Basically, I don't know more than you.