P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People are like books, unknown until they are opened.”
Source: Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series
“People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”
“People are like gifts, some are beautifully gift wrapped, but it's always on the inside that matters.”
“People are like glass.
Some you can see straight through; others shine bright lights and iridescent colours everywhere they go. Some you look at and see parts of yourself reflected, and you look into some and see nothing but darkness.
Some people magnify so that everything around them seems bigger anc more beautiful, while others can make even the largest things seem infinitely smaller.
People can be cracked or chipped, fragile or scratched, and still stay in one piece: even more precious and loved for all of their broken parts.
But sometimes ... people shatter.”
Source: Forever Geek
“People are like houses. They could open their doors. You could walk through their rooms and touch the objects hidden in their corners. But something--the structure, the wiring, the invisible mechanism that kept the whole thing standing--remai ned invisible, suggested only by the fact of its existing at all.”
“People Are like Icebergs, You only really see the tip of them.”
“People are like icebergs, you only see ten percent of them.”
“People are like icebergs. You only see what's on the surface.”
“People are like lights. Some are colored lights and draw attention to themselves. Others are clear lights. They shine on people in around them.”
“People are like M&Ms. They come in a variety of colors, they're hard on the outside, and full of obscene yumminess on the inside.”
Source: Domination & Submission: The BDSM Relationship Handbook
“People are like multi-coloured threads on your life's hoop. Your conversations with them, the designs. And then fate weaves it all for you, and interknits embroidery of all the incomplete colourful stories.”
Source: Orenda - flash fiction based in modern India
“People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.”
“People are like mussels. You can put them in a vat of boiling water, and some of them will pop open immediately. Some of them will have to float around in the water for a bit, then they’ll slowly release. Others never open up at all, no matter what sort of hot water they’re in.”
Source: A Different Familiar
“People are like nations-if you help them a lot, they hate you.”
“People are like, ‘Oh, you can’t take humans out of the loop, I’m a human and I’m an awesome driver.’ And I’m like, no, man, you’re not an awesome driver. You’re a monkey, and monkeys suck at making decisions.”
“People are like plants: They grow; they change every day.”
“People are like sheep, blindly following the dog wherever it leads them, even if it's guiding them straight to the wolf's den.”
“People are like songs to me. About 60 seconds in, I'll know whether or not to add them to my 'favorites.”
Source: Better to be able to love than to be loveable
“People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
“People are like stars in the Milky Way. There are millions of them. There are big, small, dead, and dying stars out there. Hindi ikaw ang nag-iisang bituin d'yan sa langit, kaya hindi sa'yo umiikot ang mundo. Puweding makinang ka ngayon, pero asahan mong parating may darating na mas makinang pa sa'yo. Malaki ang posibilidad na mawala sa'yo ang atensiyon ng iba, pero tandaan mo ang isang bagay.
"Whatever happens, you're still a star. There will still be people looking at you, admiring your beauty, and wishing for great things to happen to them with your help. You can't let them down, so you have to continue shining for them. You have to show them directions. That's what stars are for.”
Source: Supernova
“People are like stars in the night sky, all are not equal, but still, everyone shines.”
“People are like sticks of dynamite. The power is on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit.”
Source: You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School: And Other Simple Truths of Leadership
“People are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.”
“People are like that .... They need to make their own worst experiences universal. It gives them a kind of support.’ And who can blame them? It is just infuriating to argue with someone like that; because of an experience that has denied them their humanity, they go around denying another kind of humanity in others, which is the truth of human variety -- it stands alongside our sameness.”
Source: The Hotel New Hampshire
“People are like that.
They're immune to the sadness of others.”
Source: Everything Sad Is Untrue
“People are like that, judging you before they know you.”
Source: You Know Where to Find Me
“People are like the tall grasses of the field. They will bend in whatever direction the wind blows.”
Source: The Paragon
“People are like the waves, all similar, none the same”
Source: The Scooter Five: Strawberry Bees
“people are like trees, rooted in their beliefs, growing towards the light. All unique and different which makes the world a beautiful place.”
“People are like vines ... We are born and we grow. Like vines, people also need a tree to cling to, to give them support.”
Source: Be Ready with Bells & Drums
“People are like water: Many rush pass you, as some will over-flood. Some will drown you, or force you to go their current ways. Some will be cold or hot-tempered, but try to say with the warm ones. Some will come as a raging wave and cause a ripple, or a calm sea, supporting you, quenching your thirst, and flow by your side to where kisses will always stay wet.”
“People are like wildflowers—drain their souls, and nothing blooms. Nurture them, and they become a garden where the world gathers its sweetness.”
“People are like, "Oh, I want to make your eyes almond." I don't have almond eyes! Why are you trying to change my eye shape?”
“People are like, "Why are you all dressed up? Did you dress up just for me?" I'm like "No, I dressed up because I'm an adult and I felt like putting on my suit." But I love it. Tom Ford and Ralph Lauren are my two heroes of clothing designers.”
“People are like, 'Be yourself, be yourself,' and I'm still trying to figure out who that is. I know I'm not perfect, but I know I have a lot of people that support me and love me, and I don't want to let anyone down, so I just try to be the best that I can be.”
“People are like, 'How does Julianne Moore look naked?' I don't know. She was pressed up against me the whole time. I couldn't look at her.”
“People are like, 'Was it fun? Did you eat lots of cake?'”
“People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?”
“People are like, 'What do you mean you don't listen to 115 different types of music?'. You can't just listen to The Smiths anymore. But then there are plenty of people that do only listen to five bands and six albums and that's it. My playlists are massively varied. There's never a theme throughout, it's never like everything is based in funk or based in reggae or whatever. It's 210BPM gabber-style techno and 40BPM reggae in the same list and it's like, yeah, they work.”
“People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.”
“People are like, Hey, Jeff, lemme tell you... I'm like, Hold on, let me get a pen and a piece of paper.”
“People are likely hurt or killed by what they keep , rather than what they let out. Whatever you choose to keep with you. You will later use. If you keep hate, pain, grudges, anger, secrets, feelings, guilt, knowledge, information, memories, evil heart or good heart. Question is what are you choosing to keep with you? Will it not harm you or sabotage you. Choose to find someone to talk to.”
“People are likely to act based on their emotions and then backward-rationalize. Because women have highly developed emotional circuits, they are especially susceptible to this.”
Source: The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed
“People are living books. The real library of life is community.”
“People are living in unconsciousness, doing all kinds of things in unconsciousness. Everybody is an unconscious robot. We are just pretending that we are conscious; we are not conscious. The moment you become conscious, all unconscious actions disappear from your life. Your life starts moving in a new dimension. Your each act comes out of inner clarity; your each response is virtuous, is virtue. To live unconsciously is to live in sin; to live consciously is to be virtuous, is to be religious. And to live in total awareness is to be a buddha, is to be a christ.”
“People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage.”
“People are living such miserable lives economically. They want the escape. They want the fantasy. They'd love the dream of being king for a day or queen for a day.”
“People are locked up in all sorts of ways.”
“People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. Some people have something in their disposition. Maybe they were born too mean, or maybe they were born too tender. But most people are brought to where they are by circumstance, by calamity or a broken heart or something else happening in their lives that wasn't anything they planned on. People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons. The one thing that I do know is, it doesn't matter what any one of them tell you -- nobody wants to be alone.”
“People are lonely, and only animals with fancy shoes.”