P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.”
“People do not play this game to win, my dear. They play this game not to lose.”
Source: Ace of Shades
“People do not read stupidities with impunity.”
Source: Les Miserables Volume One
“People do not read, by and large. They watch television.”
“People do not realise that many of my works are done in urban places. I was brought up on the edge of Leeds, five miles from the city centre-on one side were fields and on the other, the city.”
“People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.”
“People do not realize I am completely okay with being called crazy!”
“People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease, and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer's every day.”
“People do not realize this, but my drug addiction was actually a short span of time. It was only for two years.”
“People do not really understand what they are getting into by having kids. Just one bad one can ruin your life!”
“People do not recognize that you can do it when you merely tell them you can. Until they see you doing it, they won’t follow you. Leaders who are willing to go further alone today are those to be consulted for solutions tomorrow.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“People do not relate to nor do they like Hillary Clinton.”
“People do not respect music anymore... They go by what's hot... If you're hot, you deserve 4 or 5 Grammys... Madonna is a genius and she only has 2 or 3 Grammys... What is that about?”
“People do not retire. They are retired by others.”
Source: Music is my mistress
“People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?”
Source: The Essential Fromm: Life Between Having and Being
“People do not see you, / They invent you and accuse you.”
“People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
“People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.”
Source: Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things
“People do not spring forth out of the blue, fully formed – they become themselves slowly, day by day, starting from babyhood. They are the result of both environment and heredity, and your fictional characters, in order to be believable, must be also.”
“People do not start off stupid, they grow to be stupid.”
“People do not think in English or Chinese or Apache; they think in a language of thought. This language of thought probably looks a bit like all these languagesBut compared with any given language, mentalese must be richer in some ways and simpler in others.”
“People do not thrive under tyrants, Alizayd; they do not come up with innovations when they're busy trying to stay alive, or offer creative ideas when error is punished by the hooves of a karkadann.”
Source: The Kingdom of Copper
“People do not undermine your ideas; they undermine you.”
Source: The Gods Are Not Dead
“People do not understand that what I do on stage is a character, my fans know who I truly am.”
“People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.”
“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”
“People do not want advice - they want corroboration.”
“People do not want immortality,' I continued. 'They simply do not want to die. They want to live, Decantor. They want to feel the ground beneath their feet, see the clouds overhead, love other people, be with them, and think. Nothing more. Everything that has been said beyond that is a lie. An unconscious lie.”
Source: Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
“People do not want more noise in their social media streams. They want entertainment, uplifting conversations, and products that last. Most importantly, they want to be taken seriously.”
Source: The Little Big eBook on Social Media Audiences: Build Yours, Keep It, and Win
“People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.”
“People do not want to be disillusioned by the new president [Barak Obama]. The liberals felt, finally, this is our time. Now they're worried. Now what they see is more business as usual. We all want to give him the benefit of the doubt, we know it's a tough job and he inherited a mess, but at the end of the day, is it really change we can believe in when there's no public options and Wall Street reform has no teeth in it? It really looks a lot like we just changed the color.”
“People do not want war. War springs from causes wholly outside the lives, interests, and feelings of the people.”
“People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.”
“People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.”
“People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.”
“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
“People do nothing when they are waiting for something.”
Source: Norina Luciano
“People do notice you but they behave normally if you behave normal.”
“People do peculiar things in life and they do for whatever reason but I think one of the greatest crimes in life is when you lie.”
“People do pretty ugly things to make themselves feel better, this I do know.”
Source: The Girl in the Park
“People do profoundly stupid things. When they have to pay the price, and there’s always a price, they blame God, their parents, the universe and everything under the sun except themselves.”
“People do say that now to know oneself is a deception and an imperfection, but often they are unwilling to understand that someone who actually knows himself perceives precisely that he is not capable of anything at all”
Source: The Essential Kierkegaard
“People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.”
“People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.”
“People do some crazy things for the ones they love.”
Source: The Sage
“People do sometimes change, of course. Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, grief. More often, people don't change. A girl who never missed a day of work does not suddenly decide to stay home in bed, for no good reason.”
Source: Dreams of Sleep
“People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming.”
“People do strange things sometimes, when they feel hopeless.”
“People do stupid things in the heat of the moment. I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for, like, five minutes.”