P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People like to cry over spilled milk, but I cry every time I spill my coffee.”
“People like to define you through what they've seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, 'I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.'”
“People like to do politics with me, and they like to do business.”
“People like to do what they used to do after they've stopped being able to do it.”
“People like to examine the things that frighten them, to look at them and give them names, so saints look for god, and scientists look for evidence. They're both just trying to take away from the mystery, to take away from the fear.”
“People like to feel entitled, whether they're actually entitled or not.”
“People like to feel good about themselves. Dating is the perfect opportunity to do that for someone else. Make them feel like they’re attractive and interesting. Focus on your date rather than worrying about what he or she is thinking of you.”
Source: The Fine Art of Small Talk: How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills and Leave a Positive Impression!
“People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The reality is, there are a lot of football players like me who came out of the middle class.”
“People like to have fun and they like to laugh. And when you laugh, it's much easier to convince people and they laugh with you, rather than being angry. And I think laughter's always nice and I've always liked it.”
“People like to hear the word 'love.'”
“People like to help, providing they can do it reasonably easily”
Source: Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness
“People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.”
“People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
“People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves... they feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
“people like to keep their little secrets to themselves. It's like growing mushrooms in the cellar and running down to take a look at them now and then.”
Source: Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
“People like to lay their whole life, and all of their own secrets out in front of the world. They make money off of it, and find satisfaction that way. I personally don't believe in that. I think it can be hurtful to yourself and those around you.”
“People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.”
“People like to make children into little grown-ups.”
“People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people do what they like. I'm tired of hearing people rage on the fans. If you don't like Twilight, don't buy a ticket.”
“People like to own things.”
“People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?”
“People like to pigeonhole you.”
“People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.”
“People like to play with the tuna, sometimes.”
“People like to put you in a little box, and that's where they are comfortable with you being.”
“People like to re-invent you, according to cliché. There are a lot of stores about me that really apply only to Capote or Mailer or somebody else. Everything is a mish mash.”
“People like to risk pennies to win dollars.”
“People like to run their mouths.”
“People like to say being gay isn't like skin color, isn't anything physical. They tell us we always have the option of hiding.
But if that's true, why do they always find us?”
Source: Two Boys Kissing
“People like to say don't abort, adopt. But I'm saying don't strip, scholarship.”
“People like to say it’s a small world, but you only hear that when a coincidence occurs. In reality, far more people are missing their chances than getting them. And more opportunities are lost than found.”
Source: The Second Life of Everly Beck
“People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility.”
Source: The Sea of Tranquility
“People like to say that hard work makes you rich. That isn't true. But if you like the work, and it keeps you and yours fed and warm, it can make you happy.”
Source: The Well
“People like to say that it--significance, import--is all about the family. But lots of people do not have rich networks of hilarious uncles and adorable cousins, who all live nearby, to help them. Many people have truly awful families: insane, abusive, repressive. So we work hard, we enjoy life as we can, we endure. We try to help ourselves and one another. We try to be more present and less petty. Some days go better than others. We look for solace in nature and art and maybe, if we are lucky, the quiet satisfaction of our homes.
Is solace meaning? I don't know. But it's pretty close.”
Source: Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott
“People like to say that Plutarch's is a really "personal" voice, but in truth Plutarch tells us very little about his life. His voice is personable but never personal. It feels intimate because he's addressing the world as we experience it, at this level, a human level, rather than way up here where very few of us live.”
“People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.”
“People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some money and pay the rent.”
“People like to say you're either born with style or you're not, and that's complete hooey. You've gotta develop your own and find your own.If you just put on whatever they're trying to sell you, you will always be out of fashion. Otherwise, they can't keep selling you. So, you will always be out of fashion. Get used to it. That's the game. Whatever they say is fashionable, chuck it.”
“People like to say, "You're only as old as you feel," but it isn't true. It's just something old people say to make themselves feel good about their age. You're as old as you are.”
Source: Not That You Asked...
“People like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'”
“People like to say, “Well, you’re a celebrity. You should really pick a cause.” I felt that’s like telling a doctor, “Well, you should focus on one area of the body.” Current issues, global issues, political issues, women’s issues—whatever one you want to talk about. It’s systemic, you know?”
“People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.”
“People like to see human error when it’s honest. When people see you swing and miss, they start to root for you.”
“People like to see what you're doing and feel involved. Everyone craves that whole behind-the-scenes side of things. I think it's important to keep people involved with what you're doing and to shed a little light on what goes into the end result. There's pressure, but you have to keep it real. People forget that Instagram is there for fun and I try not to lose sight of that. It's not as serious as everyone thinks it is.”
“people like to see will smith reacting to aliens”
Source: selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee
“People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.”
“People like to talk a big game. They may talk about religion or magic and superstition but in the end, this is merely a way for them to feel the possibility of power without having to ever see it or touch it. As I told you, a part of them knows that the unfathomable is around them and yet another part of them denies this to keep the stability of their lives. One belief is pitted against another and in the end, people are stuck, stationary.”
Source: The Art of Transmutation
“People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.”
“People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you'd feel in a certain situation,' she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. 'But it really doesn't. It means being able to imagine how they'd feel, and how it might be completely different from you.”
Source: Ascension
“People like to think of themselves as purists, but there is no such thing as purity, when there exists so much contact.”