P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“People, for reasons of kind of security, they tend to move towards people like themselves.”
“People, generally, suck.”
Source: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
“People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations.”
“People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“People, houses, streets, animals, flowers-everything in Holland looks as if it were washed and ironed each night in order to glisten immaculately and newly starched the next morning.”
“People, human beings with all their creative diversity, are the makers of history.”
“People, I am actually fairly smart. Why has this not occurred to anyone? The information is all out there, if you go looking for it, and the classified stuff just comes from analyzing the unclassified stuff and connecting the dots.”
“People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on The Daily Show ... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.”
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.”
“People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?”
“People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?
A man cannot know himself better than by attending to the feelings of his heart and to his external actions, from which he may with tolerable certainty judge "what manner of person he is." I have therefore determined to keep a daily journal.”
“People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.”
Source: Looking for Alaska
“People, if given the choice between anarchy and dictatorship, will always choose dictatorship because anarchy is the worst dictatorship of all.”
“People, if you can't get through the puns, I can't give you the good stuff.”
“people, in forming their opinions of others, are usually lazy enough to go by whatever is most obvious or whatever chance remark they happen to hear. So the best policy is to dictate to others the opinion you want them to have of you.”
Source: Style and substance: a comedy of manners
“People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard.”
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
“People, in my long experience, want to talk. They may believe they wish to keep secrets, and they may believe that they are capable of doing so. But the truth is that secrets exist to be revealed; and it is usually very easy to find the combination of words that will cause them to emerge.”
“People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.”
“People, instead of competing, they can actually support each other, in music.”
“People, it turns out, aren't a product of their own time. They're a product of the time before theirs”
“People, like dogs, love repetition. Chasing a ball, lapping a course in a race car, sliding down a slide. Because as much as each incident is similar, so it is different.”
Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“People, like large groups of people are stupid. Individuals are smart and can deal with things and can make things last and work, but when people get together in big crowds they're stupid. They turn into sheep, then you have major situations.”
“People, like water, seek their own level.”
Source: The Ann Landers Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually
“People, like water, will run downhill, seeking their lowest level unless something interdicts them.”
Source: Death of Ethics in America
“People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.”
“People, materials, facilities, money, and time are the resources available to us for conducting our business. By applying our skills, we turn these resources into useful products and services. If we do a good job, customers pay us more for our products than the sum of our costs in producing and distributing them. This difference, our profit, represents the value we add to the resources we utilize.”
“People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.”
Source: IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER
“People, no matter the economic class, find ways to feed their narcissism.”
“People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.”
“People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.”
“People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don't expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it.”
Source: Shadow and Bone: Chapters 1-5
“People, particularly over-moralistic Americans, have often seen me as a pessimist and humourless to boot, yet I think I have an almost maniacal sense of humour. The problem is that it's rather deadpan.”
“People, photographers, people in the press can sometimes be inappropriate.”
“People, please remember that I choose my words very carefully. Assumptions are your enemy.”
“People, Reacher was certain about. Dogs were different. People had freedom of choice. If a man or a woman ran snarling toward him, they did so because they chose to. They were asking for whatever they got. His response was their problem. But dogs were different. No free will. Easily misled. It raised an ethical problem. Shooting a dog because it had been induced to do something unwise was not the sort of thing Reacher wanted to do.”
Source: Die Trying: A Jack Reacher Novel
“People, regardless of political views, matter in this state and in this country and in this world. And, you know, when people attack people's basic rights and livelihoods, I'm concerned about it. And as a citizen of Queensland and nothing else, I've got the right to express my view.”
“People, since the beginning of time, have always tried to understand the universe through love.”
“People, the common people, can genuinely see what I'm doing. Moreover, people know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence. These are the four principles I adopted at the very beginning and continue to use until now. People see this and give me donations.”
“People, the people we really love, where did they come from? What did we do to deserve them?”
Source: Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a style, like comics is a superhero story. Comic is just a narration, and is a medium, you can say any kind of story in comics and you can say of any kind of story in animation.”
“People, to maintain their self-esteem, tend to believe they are above average on all positive qualities - height, income, intelligence, sense of humor, negotiating ability, you name it. The problem is that if we are going to really build our skills, we need to know which skills are most deficient. So, I advise people to find confidantes to tell them the truth. And then act on that knowledge to build the abilities they need to be more successful.”
“People, unless they are nilly-willy or very sick, cannot be taken into the hands and be changed overnight into somthing more worth-while and profitable.”
Source: Collected Stories of Carson McCullers
“People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.”
“People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion.”
“People, when asked if they are Christians, give some of the strangest answers you ever heard. Some will say if you ask them: "Well - well - well, I, - I hope I am." Suppose a man should ask me if I am an American. Would I say: "Well, I - well, I - I hope I am?”
Source: Heaven
“People, when they are frustrated with worldly desires, start changing the object: they start making otherworldly objects of desire - heaven, paradise, and all the joys of heaven. But it is the same trick, the mind is again befooling you. This is not the way of the intelligent person, this is the way of the stupid.”
“People, when they come up to me, are like, "Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?" And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.”
“People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.”
“People, when they get out of a long stretch of prison, are completely mal-adapted to society. Comfort for them is when there is a threat.”
“People, wherever they are, can make a community.”