People Quotes - Page 965

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.

People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them.

Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.

Television is a device that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything.

So eager are our people to obliterate the present.

I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.

Most people don't bother about their friends in the vegetable kingdom.

Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity.

I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is.

I don't understand blogs. People used to write to make money, no? You didn't give it away. I have nothing against blogs. I don't have a problem with them. But it's like, 'What are you doing? Why aren't you working?

Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.

One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.

Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs from and surpasses sincerity. We see many people who are sincere without being simple. They do not wish to be taken for other than what they are; but they are always fearing lest they should be taken for what they are not.

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.

This equation of the impersonal plus time plus chance producing the total configuration of the universe and all that is in it, modern people hold by faith.

Do not wonder if the common people speak more truly than those above them: they speak more safely.

People know that pursuing a mission without achieving results is dispiriting; achieving results without a mission is meaningless.

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

People elect the President for reasons that have nothing to do with his ability to be president.

Any fight that Floyd Mayweather is in is going to be entertaining, regardless. People come to see an icon, a living legend, a superstar.

Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well.

Some people move our souls to dance.

Why be a dumb dud? Do your friends shun you? Do people cross the street when they see you approaching? Do they run up the steps of strange houses, pretend they live there and force their way into the hall while you are passing by? If this is the sort of person you are, you must avail yourself today of this new service. Otherwise, you might as well be dead.

When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something, they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.