P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People want real changes, and they understand that we have to change the system.”
“People want real. And there are a lot of women out there doing that.”
“People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.”
“People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government.”
“People want security in this insecure world.”
“People want sex education out of the schools. They believe sex education causes promiscuity. Hey, I took algebra, but I never do math.”
“People want so desperately to fit in that they forget what makes them stand out. Be loud. Take up space. Our differences are our strengths.”
Source: Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage
“People want somebody to be a daredevil, even if they're not going to be a daredevil themselves.”
“People want strength. They want American values. They want American interests. They want to be successful. And I'd say that's on both sides of the aisle, as well as any divisions even on the Republican side.”
“People want the answer to cancer, and they're not going to get it without spending money, because money is frozen energy that unfreezes itself when you pay people to work.”
“People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.”
“People want the Government to do their thinking for them. They happily regurgitate their catchphrases and slogans, thinking they’ve come up with the ideas themselves. It’s a well-known phenomenon: it’s called passive cognition.”
Source: Green and Pleasant Land
“People want the government to go back to the people.”
“People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and what.”
“People want the nation to transform in the same way they want their own lives to transform. If you're interested in transforming your life, you can't just transform some things. You can't try to fix some things, but sweep other things under the rug because it's too hard to face them. And the same is true for a nation.”
“People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death.”
“People want the sense you get why they are telling you the story, what it means to them, not so much that you know the details of the story," Bodie told me. ...Their data suggests that listeners' responses are emotionally attuned to what speakers are saying less than 5 percent of the time, making your dog look pretty good by comparison.”
Source: You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
“People want the things they can't give and then give things they don't want.”
“People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters there’s a core of trust and love that I’m very committed to. These guys would die for each other, and it’s very beautiful. But at the same time, you can’t keep that safety. Things have to go wrong, bad things have to happen.”
“People want the truth but they only want the truth so they can talk bad about you on the blog or on television. They want you to tell them the truth and it screws everybody.”
“People want the truth, even if they disagree.”
“People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.”
“People want their own laws to take precedence over those of the European Union. The French have understood that the EU does not live up to the utopia they were sold. It has distanced itself significantly from a democratic mode of operation.”
“People want their reason for living to be a singular thing, like a career or a relationship, because this makes an individual feel secure in the physical world. We don't fare well in the realm of the invisible - so telling someone that their purpose is multilayered and includes the arduous journey of discovering who they really are is not always the answer they want to hear. But consider the complexity of the question: "What is my reason for living?" How can that question not include a journey into the depths of your own life?”
“People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you.”
Source: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
“People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.”
“People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might”
Source: Edge: A Novel
“People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)
“People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.”
“People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art.”
“People want to be connected to be everyone at anytime. They want to talk about their passions, they want to talk about their private life, they want to have the right to speak.”
“People want to be disturbed when they go see a horror movie.”
“People want to be educated not sold. They will sell themselves if you just commit to educating.”
“People want to be famous, they want to be loved, they want to be accepted. They want to push aside their past and the things that have been embarrassing to them.”
“People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.”
“People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end.”
Source: Stumbling on Happiness
“People want to be happy, isn't that right? Haven't you heard it all your life? I want to be happy, people say. Well, aren't they? Don't we keep them moving, don't we give them fun? That's all we live for, isn't it? For pleasure, for titillation? And you must admit our culture provides plenty of these.”
Source: Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
“People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes.”
“People want to be inspired. They want to aspire to something. ... You can have the best product, the best service, the best argument in a debate. But without the effective words you still lose. In the end you need good principles and good language if you are to succeed.”
“People want to be liked by other people so they adopt other people's standards, but for me, my standard had always been true.”
“People want to be loved; failing that admired; failing that feared; failing that hated and despised. They want to evoke some sort of sentiment. The soul shudders before oblivion and seeks connection at any price.”
“People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.”
“People want to be part of something bigger than they are.”
“People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they're really proud of, that they'll fight for, sacrifice for, that they trust.”
“People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.”
“People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.”
“People want to be the first with the record, they want to be the first to know which songs are on the record, all that kind of stuff. So I like to just stall them a bit. Personally, I love the idea of an album that's completely new, that no one's heard any free downloads, any pre-record releases, all that kind of stuff, and nothing's been played on the radio. Totally virgin, you know, a sealed record. That's my ideal, but it's very hard to get anybody else to agree to do that.”
“People want to be the ones drawing the lines, building the boxes, making the names. Maybe because stories live inside all those structures, and if you're the one controlling the stories, then you're the one in power. So they get really angry when you name yourself, especially if you're the type of thing they were expecting to name.”
Source: Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
“People want to be thought of as something other than a source of money. They want to be thought of as creative, thinking people.”
“People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll listen to anyone.
[Written by Andre and Maria Jacquemetton]”