P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen.”
“People that really know me, they adore me.”
“People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When you think about the Second World War vets - more than even the Vietnam vets - there's a brotherhood.”
“People that support Donald Trump are gonna circle the wagons around Trump even more so after this. This isn't gonna cause Catholics or other Christians to say, "Oh, my God, the pope, oh, no, pope says Trump's not a Christian. I gotta abandon Trump." No. It isn't gonna happen that way, I don't believe.”
“People that take responsibility are often given responsibility!”
“People that talk about living in the real world don't even enjoy living in the real world.”
“People that think are many,
people that reason are few.
People that theorize are many,
people that prove are few.
People that speculate are many,
people that know are few.
People that assume are many,
people that verify are few.
People that hear are many,
people that listen are few.
People that preach are many,
people that practice are few.
People that see are many,
people that observe are few.
People that recall are many,
people that comprehend are few.
People that question are many,
people that answer are few.
People that entertain are many,
people that educate are few.
People that misguide are many,
people that enlighten are few.
People that lecture are many,
people that demonstrate are few.
People that start are many,
people that finish are few.
People that quit are many,
people that persevere are few.
People that fall are many,
people that rise are few.
People that compete are many,
people that win are few.
People that criticize are many,
people that inspire are few.
People that blame are many,
people that pardon are few.
People that condemn are many,
people that console are few.
People that undermine are many,
people that strengthen are few.
People that take are many,
people that give are few.
People that teach are many,
people that mentor are few.
People that harm are many,
people that heal are few.
People that doubt are many,
people that believe are few.
People that wish are many,
people that strive are few.
People that plan are many,
people that prevail are few.
People that lose are many,
people that gain are few.
People that fail are many,
people that succeed are few.
People that imitate are many,
people that originate are few.
People that innovate are many,
people that invent are few.
People that conceive are many,
people that realize are few.
People that dream are many,
people that achieve are few.
People that divide are many,
people that unify are few.
People that follow are many,
people that lead are few.
People that command are many,
people that influence are few.
People that control are many,
people that guide are few.
People that feel are many,
people that empathize are few.
People that yearn are many,
people that fulfill are few.
People that trust are many,
people that are devoted are few.
People that age are many,
people that mature are few.
People that rage are many,
people that forgive are few.
People that despair are many,
people that hope are few.
People that fear are many,
people that love are few.
People that curse are many,
people that bless are few.”
“People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.”
Source: The Circular Staircase: Mystery & Detective Collections
“People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.”
Source: The Works of Sir William Temple Bart,: Complete in Four Volumes Octavo. : To which is Prefixed, The Life and Character of the Author
“People that voted for Donald Trump, people that support Donald Trump really, really believe that they were gonna lose the country if Hillary Clinton won.”
“People that want it to just be funny should not despair, because there is so much true crazy comedy coming up.”
“People that want to control words will never ever try to break up, like, a fight on a subway. They will never confront an aggressive person on the bus. They prefer their fights to be easy.”
“People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.”
“People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.”
“People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.”
“People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.”
“People that work at the White House, they stay forever and love the job. Someone asked me, "Was there really a butler that was there for 40 years?" I said, "No, they're all there for 40 years."”
“People that work in a business are likely to date somebody that is in the same business. If you are a doctor, you might go out with one of the nurses. Or if you're a bank teller, you may go out with one of the bankers.”
“People that worry about where they think they're going next generally don't end up where they think they're going. I just worry about what I'm doing now and try to make it good. When you've got too much of a master plan, it's going to fail.”
“People that you meet, are pebbles in your river, but those that you hold true shall follow your current, like a leaf atop a stream. The boulder that blocks your path however, you just have to be willing to climb, or break it down with time.”
“people themselves are full of tunnels: winding, dark spaces and caverns; impossible to know all the places inside of them. Impossible even to imagine.”
Source: Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem
“People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club
“People there’s a new sheriff in town. One of the great running backs in line of Pittsburgh Steelers [and] his name is Le’Veon Bell. He’s on his way people.”
“People these days are thinking less and drinking more.”
“People these days run to the hospital every time they skin their knees, we're becoming a nation of sissies”
“People these days waste a tremendous amount of paper. They waste it because it is of poor quality and is made to be wasted. Or it might be more correctly said that the perception of good paper as a precious commodity has dwindled. But does this careless treatment of paper mean that our lives are any better? No, it is precisely such irresponsible thinking that should be avoided at all costs. Both from a moral and aesthetic point of view, it should be shunned. It lacks any feeling of gratitude or appreciation for one of the blessings of nature.”
Source: The Beauty of Everyday Things
“People. They're not all bad, but do you really want to risk it? Perhaps that was the unofficial motto of the Soviet Union...”
“People. They're really innately, inherently gentle and compassionate and kind. That's what wrings, wrenches...something. Your entrails, maybe. The member of the mob who holds up the whole ceremony for seconds or even minutes while he dislodges a family of bugs or lizards from the log he is about to put on the fire.”
Source: Requiem For A Nun
“People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in the early days of "The Office," we went in with it sort of 80 percent scripted and we did some things and then we improv'd and we did - you know, and it gets a laugh on the floor because it's the first time they've heard it.”
“People think [baseball players] make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000.”
“People think [immigration] is only about the dollar, but it's so much more complex. This is a place where you can reinvent yourself. I don't know that you can do that anywhere else.”
“People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.”
“People think a lot, but most of that thinking is of a problem, project or situation - not about it”
Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It's stupid.”
“People think a relationship is give & take, but i see it as give & give, & there is no greater gift than the love & compassion within your heart.”
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master...”
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
“People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.”
“People think about life from day-to-day rather than thinking about life as something that invents a new kind of tomorrow.”
“People think about this idea that there's 122 million kids that are alive that would not be if that fatality rate had stayed at the 1990 level, that's 122 million families.”
“People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same.”
“People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night.”
Source: Cosmopolis: A Novel
“People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought, I feel this immensity in my soul every second of my life.”
Source: Cosmopolis: A Novel
“People think about, when you sell a million records, "Oh. You must be buying Ferrari's and living in mansions." It was never really like that.”
“People think actors have such glamorous lives, but the truth is actors go where nobody wants to go.”
“People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.”
“People think any clever girl could be a witch. It happens to all of us.”
Source: Darkwood
“People think artists like 50 Cent don't have charisma, but it's just a different kind of charisma, a bully charisma, which is kinda frowned upon.”
“People think athleticism is just physical, but it's not. It's connected to the brain and how the brain can learn to execute and see a movement or not. Especially at high speed. Being athletic is not just jumping and running and being powerful. It's the nervous system that guides the body. The muscles don't decide anything. The brain decides and makes things happen.”
“People think because 'Vice' is irreverent and because we're crazy, we're stunt journalists. You know what? I don't actually care.”
“People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.”