Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Theroux

People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields or fix roofs, engineers, or car mechanics. I think lying on your back working under an oily car, that's a job.

Martha Plimpton

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

Candice Bergen

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

Lauren London

People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, and learning who you are. Then when you get in a relationship, you will be stronger and have a little bit more self-awareness, self-love, and the other ingredients for a healthy relationship.

Linda Tripp

People should be allowed to document evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Where is the expectation of privacy if someone is conspiring to commit crime?

John Holt

People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.

David Malpass

People's jobs are the biggest asset that they have. The net present value of your job is worth more than your house or your stock portfolio. As people decide whether they're going to buy a car, they're more concerned about whether they have a job and are likely to have a job next year.

Ichiro Suzuki

People striving for approval from others become phony.

Amy Tan

People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.' Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can.

Nalini Nadkarni

People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.

Marc Andreessen

People tend to think of the web as a way to get information or perhaps as a place to carry out e-commerce. But really, the web is about accessing applications.

Jack Layton

People that go through serious illness - you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about it all. Or it kind of rejuvenates you, makes you focus on what's important.

Shane Smith

People think because 'Vice' is irreverent and because we're crazy, we're stunt journalists. You know what? I don't actually care.

Adam Osborne

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.

Allan Hamilton

People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God.

Fionnula Flanagan

People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

Curt Flood

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

Dave Gibbons

People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form.

Greg Louganis

People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward.

Tom Snyder

People want a result. Immigrant voters aren't stupid, and they're going to know who's on their side.

Polly Toynbee

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death.

Bernie Ecclestone

People want to build new circuits around the world and they say: 'We'll come to Silverstone and have a look how it's done', and I tell them to stay away.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

Emanuel Celler

People were hurt, and because they were hurt, they were angry and quarreled and were jealous of one another.

Paul Schrader

People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters.

Eileen Brennan

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.

Albert Bandura

People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.

Rachel Maddow

People who disagree on important issues don't agree on the facts.

Inga Cadranel

People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.

Phoebe Cary

One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.

Nick Saban

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

George Lucas

One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys.

Abigail Washburn

One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world.

Jim Carrey

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

Michael Arrington

One thing I know from personal experience, judges hate it when parties talk publicly about their cases. There are a lot of things about our criminal legal system that need to be changed, and this is just one of them. Prosecutors know how to play the press. Most defendants don't.

Paul Mazursky

One thing I know is that I don't want to be a director for hire, making genre films.

Linda Cardellini

One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.

Hilary Swank

One thing I've learned: You never know where life is taking you, but it's taking you.

Nik Wallenda

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.

Charles M. Blow

One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.

Bobby Schilling

One thing we're going to focus on is the middle class and the crushing prices and stagnant wages they're facing. What motivates me is looking at my 3-year-old son and thinking about what we're passing on to him and his future wife and their future kids.

Keith Jarrett

One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.

Daniella Alonso

'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me.

Byron Nelson

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

Michael Korda

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

Radhanath Swami

One who loves God sees everything in relation to God. Therefore, their love flows spontaneously toward everyone, at all times, everywhere. They even love those who wish them harm. If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die; rather, it manifests in the form.

B. Carroll Reece

One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.

Otto Wallach

One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.

Olivia Holt

One year, I was a go-go girl for Halloween, and I got all this glitter eye shadow, my hair was poufy with braids, I was wearing all these different colors and fake eyelashes that went all the way up to my eyebrows. I totally enjoy the whole Halloween feel.