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People Quotes


"And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels."


"Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself."


"There's nothing so rewarding as to make people realize they are worthwhile in this world."



"Nothing is better for a young journalist than to go and write about something that other people don't know about. If you can afford to send yourself to some foreign part, I still think that's by far the best way to break in."


"I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people."


"At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute."


"As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary."


"It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say."


"Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre."



"Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets."


"When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself."


"I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes."



"People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile."


"I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband."


"It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there."


"What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out."


"Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists."


"Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do."


"I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about."



"It is very important for people to understand that the United States of America and no country around the world can devalue its way to prosperity, to be competitive. It is not a viable, feasible strategy, and we will not engage in it."


"There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering."


"Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us."


"It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do."


"A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself."


"When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more."


"Everything is relative. Is the Internet fast? Not for most people. Is it always on? Yes, for cable modem and DSL users but that represents a tiny percentage of users."


"I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere."


"I'm very uncomfortable with my body, and I'm not interested in people seeing it on screen."



"The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own."


"Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want."


"You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not."


"There are many, many people who have lost 100 pounds and kept it off."


"If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them."


"The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on."


"It's difficult to talk to people... I walk into a room and I'm Danielle Steel, and whatever I say is going to be taken apart."



"People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to."
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