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People Quotes


"I think DOOM had just the right mix of elements that keep people coming back to it: great monsters, excellent weapons with great balance, a spooky environment and extreme speed."


"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat."


"I think it's a very central tenet to it yes, it is. I can't bear it, I can't bear inequality, I can't bear bad behaviour to other people. I cannot bear it that people are mean to people who can't help what they are."


"I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro."


"And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is."


"Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings, and people only became lawyers and doctors and brokers and things because they couldn't make abstract paintings."


"It's hard to know what to say about somebody like that, except there are people who look for trouble. And trouble is very easy to find when you go looking for it."


"You now have to decide what 'image' you want for your brand. Image means personality. Products, like people, have personalities, and they can make or break them in the market place."


"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."


"I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome."



"As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same."


"Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass."


"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"


"Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together."


"Washington is a great international city and in the congregation we have people who are rich and poor, black and white, and from every part of the world."



"There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon."



"Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy."



"I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done."


"I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff."


"Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that."


"It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter."



"I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think."


"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down."


"Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult."


"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught."


"Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No."


"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other."



"Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing."
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