P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People will clap to be nice. They will not laugh to be nice.”
“People will come and give you sandwiches every six hours but you're really of no use. A lot of people get excited about guys like that but I can't get too excited about it because I think he's sorta useless. He's just sitting there in India under a blanket looking beautiful, so what.”
“People will come and go from your life for all kinds of acceptable and crappy reasons…So you’ve got to be your own best friend, know who you are, and never let anyone tell you you’re something you know you’re not.”
Source: Finding Colin Firth
“People will come around, sooner or later. Have patience when they don’t come, and be kind when they do.”
“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.”
“People will come to test and divide us, but, as long as we keep compassion in our hearts for others, they won't win.”
“People will come to your site because you have good compelling content. You need to hit it from all angles: blog posts, articles, graphs, data, infographics, interactive content - even short pictures when you Tweet.”
“People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.'' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.”
“People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in chance, the potential for disappointment is pretty low.”
“People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse.”
“People will continue to search for answers to universal and perplexing problems. But to find meaningful answers, one must first know what questions to ask.”
“People will continue to seek justice until it is found, or until liberty is lost in the pursuit.”
“People will copy your words, your style, your attitude and get more fame than you. Doesn't matter - because it's you who lived, not them.”
“People will deem certain new ideas impossible, until they become part of everyday life.”
Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume II - Essential Frameworks for Disruption and Uncertainty
“People will disapprove of you if you're unhappy, or if you're happy in The Wrong Way.”
“People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.”
“People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.”
Source: The Body of Christopher Creed
“People will do anything for FREE – even pay for it !”
Source: The Invisible Selling Book , Behavioural Economics & More
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
Source: Psychology and alchemy
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen or diet, learn theosophy by heart, or mechanically repeat mystic texts from the literature of the whole world – all because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their souls. … It is rewarding to watch patiently the silent happenings in the soul, and the most and the best happens when it is not regulated from outside and from above. I readily admit that I have such a great respect for what happens in the human soul that I would be afraid of disturbing and distorting the silent operation of nature by clumsy interference.””
Source: Psychology and alchemy
“People will do anything, anything, for a really nice laugh.”
Source: The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn the literature of the whole world - all because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their own souls.”
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.”
Source: The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung
“People will do as they are told by someone who outranks them, but they will only follow someone they believe in.”
“People will do more to avoid pain than they will do to gain pleasure.”
Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“People will do odd things if you give them money.”
“People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.”
Source: What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
“People will doubt you, money will come and go, and the unexpected will happen. Still, your commitment to the manifestation of your vision must remain intact because you exist for a specific reason. Your voice and your purpose matter—we need you to live as boldly as possible!”
Source: Create Your Vision Workbook: 4 Steps to Create a Powerful Vision for The Life You Want
“People will download the music for free and they'll pay for it if they want to give you a compliment. They don't have to pay for it. And the only way the artist can make money was by touring 'cause the record label didn't take that money. Unfortunately now, cause the record company's not making money from the downloads, now they want to take money away from everything.”
“People will drive by their high school ten years down the road, just so they can pretend that thinking "not much has changed" is actually true. When really, everything has changed. The air smells the same, but the roads have cracked more. The roads have cracked so much they now look like the skin on a crocodile's back. And all the fields, green in the summers, golden in the autumns, have all been paved over with new reasons to never come back.”
Source: Paradise City
“People will either do what is right, or what suits them. The two concepts are often mutually exclusive. One is selfless, the other, typically, is self-serving.”
Source: You Have a Superpower: Mindi Pi Meets Ava "Why Can't I Go Outside"
“People will endure their tyrants for years, but they tear their deliverers to pieces if a millennium is not created immediately.”
“People will envy you to the extent that you start out with a group of people and you rise up the organization faster than them. Get over what your peers are thinking about you because your peers are also your competitors.”
“People will feel the way they feel.”
“People will find some ways of identifying themselves, becoming associated with others, taking part in something. They're going to do it some way or other. If they don't have the options of participation in labor unions, political organizations that actually function, they'll find other ways. Religious fundamentalism is a classic example.”
“People will find transformation and transcendence in a McDonald's hash brown if it's all they've got.”
Source: Zombie Spaceship Wasteland: A Book by Patton Oswalt
“People will first prepare you, then you will rule them.”
“people will focus on procedures and not notice anything that isn't just part of the procedures”
“People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.”
“people will forget what you said, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
“People will forgive a penitent enemy before they forgive a professed friend.”
Source: Song Of The Dragon
“People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.”
“People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right—especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.”
Source: Is Reality Optional? And Other Essays
“People will forgive you for having Mob associates, but let them learn that you visit the stockyards every few nights to drink blood, and it's a pitchfork parade with torches followed by a hammer-and-stake party.”
“People will forgive you for making mistakes, but they can's forgive you if you don't try”
“People will form impressions, assumptions, opinions, and judgments all within a few short seconds. To make a favorable first impression and make these seconds count, enhance your image by choosing clean, crisp, appropriate attire that reflects confidence and professionalism.”
Source: The Art of Preparation: 8 Ways to Plan with Purpose & Intention for Positive Impact
“People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices."”
“People will frighten you about a graduation....They use words you don't hear often.”
“People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.”
Source: Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit
“People will get into the habit of doing the same thing over and over again, and you'll stop seeing changes in your body. If you add variety and spice things up, I think it'll help you to stay motivated.”