top of page
People Quotes



"I don't know who's left to hear us. But if there are people who want the real thing, we've got it. My band rocks, and I plan to keep doing it 'till nobody shows up to see it anymore."



"Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan had tremendous influence on generations of American because, even if people disagreed with them, they admired them because they made very strong commitments to things they believed in."


"You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain."



"I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the people of our state."


"I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one."


"It is entirely undemocratic to continue these burdens on the people for years and years after the requirements of protection have been met and the representatives of these industries have become incrusted with wealth."


"It's appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them."



"No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people."


"A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it."


"Back then, I could be as obnoxious as I liked and people would still come back for more, they had to, I was Benjamin Cohen, the Dot Com sensation."



"A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again."



"Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records."



"Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else."


"Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things."


"Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms."


"If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different."



"In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns."


"I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different."


"There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are."


"We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way."


"I believe it is important for people to create a healthy mental environment in which to accomplish daily tasks."


"When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice."


"There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly."


"I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again!"


"I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive."


"I'm very sassy. I want to show people in my album I'm not like my characters on TV."


"Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word."


"I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy."



"I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me."


"I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films."



"We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits."
bottom of page
