“Hard times don't necessarily mean being poor all the time. I've known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that's as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.” PeopleFeelsMeanHardHurtPoorKnownLikesHard Times Author:B. B. King
“When you act obnoxious towards people, like on a movie set, they say "we're ready for you" and I say "oh, go to hell, my feet hurt and my head aches." You want to have a margarita for lunch, and people like these little ADs and production assistants are like, "well, he's drinking again."” PeopleWantWellsLittlesHurtHellFeetReadyDrinkingProductionsLunchAdsAcheAssistantsGo To HellObnoxiousMovie SetsMargarita Author:Bill Murray
“ISIS is not an organization that can destroy the United States. This is not a huge industrial power that can pose great risks to us, institutionally or in a systematic way. But they can hurt us. And they can hurt our people and our families.” PeopleWayStatesHurtUnitedUnited StatesRiskHugeOrganizationOur FamilyIsisSystematicGreat Risk Author:Barack Obama
“I stand behind what I say. If I don't want it to be out there then I won't say it. I am not out to hurt somebody. I am out to call attention to certain things but I am also out to make people laugh with my delivery and style of bluntness.” PeopleIfsWantCertainHurtBehindsAttentionLaughingStyleMaking People LaughDeliveryBluntness Author:Michelle Visage
“You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldCoursesHurtPraiseIndifferent Author:Paul Auster
“The most likely person to kill you is your wife, but that probably won't happen. What probably will happen is a million little betrayals of varying degrees of pain, brought on by people you love, the only ones who really can hurt you.” PeopleLittlesPersonsHappensPainHurtMillionsWifeDegreesBetrayal Book:Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women Source: Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
“The thing is, when we do fight scenes, when we kill people in the movies, they bring in experts to choreograph it bit by bit, because you can't really kill someone, and you don't want to really hurt them.” PeopleWantFightingBitsHurtSceneExperts Author:Annabella Sciorra
“My guiltiest pleasure in life is 'America's Funniest Home Videos.' I watch them all - old, new - I don't care. Despite how bad the writing is on the show. The people getting hit and hurt, that's hilarious.” PeopleWritingShowsHomeCareAmericaLife IsHurtPleasureWatchesDon't CareVideoDespiteI Don't CareHome Videos Author:Russell Peters
“Through the power that memory gives us of thinking, feeling, imagining our way back through time we can at long last finally finish with the past in the sense of removing its power to hurt us and other people and to stunt our growth as human beings.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingHumansLongFeelingsLastsPastGrowthHurtMemoriesHuman BeingsRough Times Book:Telling Secrets Source: Telling Secrets
“When [our secrets] are sad and hurtful secrets, like my father's death, we can in a way honor the hurt by letting ourselves feel it as we never let ourselves feel it before, and then, having felt it, by laying it aside; we can start to take care of ourselves the way we take care of people we love.” PeopleWayFeelsCareFatherFeltHurtSecretHonorTake CareHurtful Book:Telling Secrets Source: Telling Secrets
“To quote Homer Simpson, alcohol is the cause and solution to all of life's problems. I don't think there's anything wrong with drinking and drug use, if people can do it and not hurt themselves. But it got to the point where I was really hurting myself.” PeopleIfsThinkingUseProblemCausesCan DoHurtDrugSolutionsDrinkingAlcoholDrug UseHurting Myself Author:Moby
“This is a deep and personal topic in our society today. Read the papers. America is hurting because of it. For God's sake, speak up. Don't we need to learn respect for people's feelings? What is going to school for? To learn how to add?” PeopleNeedsFeelingsTodaySchoolAmericaSpeakHurtPaperAddSakeOur SocietyTopicsPapersSociety Today Author:Hal Holbrook
“I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsNightHurtSleepHavens Author:Kendrick Lamar
“The act of recording requires you to look at and handle and touch things, so yes - art is more than just looking and recording. It's messy and time consuming and people might fall in love and get hurt.” PeopleLooksArtMightFallHurtArt IsFalling In LoveHandleConsumingMessyTime Consuming Author:Laurel Nakadate
“It is rarely comfortable to talk about climate change. Bringing something difficult up, it feels like somehow by mentioning this I'm kind of causing it, I'm hurting these people. But you're not hurting these people; climate change is hurting these people. You're telling them they're being hurt.” PeopleFeelsKindDifficultHurtComfortableClimateClimate ChangeBeing Hurt Author:Margaret D. Klein
“I think my philosophy has evolved over the years. I started teaching almost 15 years ago and I've learned that how one student learns is obviously much different than how another student learns and so I've had to figure out how to get through to people honestly without hurting their feelings - which is no easy task just in the scope of being a human being, much less in the classroom, but which is something that is more important to me now than it was when I was 30 - and to show them a path to improving.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansImportantDifferentPhilosophyShowsFeelingsEasyHurtHuman BeingsPathTeachingFiguresStudentsYears AgoTasksHonestlyI've LearnedClassroomImprovingScopeEasy Tasks Author:Tod Goldberg
“In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeRealityLife IsHurtSexismFallouts Author:Boots Riley
“I am always struck by how difficult it is for people to see how much cruelty they are bringing not only upon animals but upon themselves and their loved ones and other people, how much we are screwing up the planet, how much we are hurting our own health, how hard it is to change all that, how eager people are to make a buck at everybody else's expense - all those things are discouraging.” PeopleHardDifficultHurtAnimalPlanetsCrueltyExpensesLoved OnesBucksDiscouraging Author:Neal Barnard
“I'm interested in pitches that have compelling people and ideas at the core - and a good news peg certainly doesn't hurt. We look for stories that are solutions-oriented, but not irrationally upbeat, from writers with a strong voice. For LadyJournos, where I'm curating not editing.” PeopleLooksIdeasStoriesStrongVoiceHurtNewsSolutionsCoreCompellingEditingGood NewsUpbeatPeg Author:Ann Friedman
“I think a great song appeals to older and younger people and it makes you think. It's also honest, and it also doesn't hurt if it's fun to sing along to.” PeopleIfsThinkingSongFunHurtHonestAppealsMake You Think Author:Kacey Musgraves
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in the mind state of taking our losses and changing people's perceptions of us and our community. We are strong. Our families are tired of being hurt.” PeopleMindBelieveStatesHelpingStrongCommunityHurtLossStreetsMiddlePerceptionBasesTiredTeenagerOur FamilyOur CommunityBeing Hurt Author:Kendrick Lamar
“The afterlife I'm not so sure about. So, I don't understand why you'd want to hurt other people in thinking that you'll go on in the afterlife to have bliss. I just don't understand it.” PeopleThinkingWantHurtGoes OnBlissAfterlife Author:Charlie Benante
“Prostitutes have feelings; they are very human. They hurt, bleed cry and laugh just like you and me. To the people that want to legalize prostitution: Let me ask you a question. If you want to legalize it, would you now let your daughter/niece/grand daughter/sister do this? Why not sign them up for what you want legalized? And if not, WHY not? Does it make them too human for you now?” PeopleIfsWantHumansDoeFeelingsAsksHurtLaughingCryLike YouDaughterLet MeWhat You WantWhy NotProstitutionOur DaughterYour DaughterNieceGrand Daughter Author:Annie Lobert
“Mostly you don't want to make people feel bad because they carry that with them for the rest of their lives. I've found that. I hurt people on Celebrity Fit Club by being too honest. People loved it, but I was serious. I just hate phony baloneys. I can't do it anymore. I told them no. My tongue is too sharp. It was brutal.” PeopleWantFeelsI CanHateFoundHurtHonestSeriousFitClubsTongueBrutalPhonyHonest PeopleBaloney Author:Jackee Harry
“It really hurts my feelings when people are mean to old people, or when people yell at their little kids. Just ask them what's wrong, bro. I think we all just need to be nicer.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMeanLittlesFeelingsKidsAsksHurtOld PeopleLittle KidBrosHurt My FeelingsIt Really Hurts Author:Vince Staples
“I hate when I lose my voice and then people try and talk to me and I seem like I'm being rude and then I hurt their feelings. That sucks.” PeopleTryingFeelingsSeemsHateVoiceLosesHurtI HateRudeTalk To MeBeing Rude Author:Vince Staples
“People need to understand: Businesses are going to make mistakes. They shouldn't be shot and hung every time. We should apologize for it. We should make up for it. My shareholders paid for it. No customer was hurt, which is critical to me. But I hurt my shareholders, and I wish I hadn't.” PeopleNeedsShouldWishHurtMistakeShotsPaidCriticalCustomersMaking MistakesHungApologizingShareholders Author:Jamie Dimon
“Bullies are ultimately unhappy people who try to inflict pain and hate on others and are to be pitied. Once you realize that, their words can no longer hurt you.” PeopleTryingPainHateRealizingHurtUnhappyBullyHappy PeopleUnhappy People Author:Frankie J. Grande
“When we do something we're not proud of, a lot of people don't want to look at that, people may say "what people don't know won't hurt them."” PeopleKnowsWantLooksMayHurtProud Author:Zoe Kazan
“The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You don't know how much you can trust your memory. You don't want it to be self-serving. And you have all these issues about how to present yourself. All these factors make it harder to do than a novel.” PeopleKnowsWantSelfFeelingsProblemDifficultHurtMemoriesNovelKnow HowIssuesHarderFactorsExtrasServingAutobiographyOur MemoriesSelf Serving Author:Richard Hell
“Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.” PeopleWayTryingDifferentSometimesHardFeelingsHurtCriticismDifferent Ways Author:John Britt Daniel
“On-stage, I definitely want to use my real self because I'm singing to people who believe in what I'm singing, and I believe in what I'm singing, but they shouldn't be fooled because we all have fake selves and it's in there somewhere. It's not pretending to hurt somebody; it's just something that comes out of me, from my experience.” PeopleWantBelieveRealSelfUseI BelieveHurtStageSingingI Believe InFakePretendingFooledReal Self Author:Benjamin Clementine
“I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.” PeopleThinkingInspirationalShouldBelievePersonsLongInspirationI BelieveWomenHurtSuccessfulPositiveJudgingGuiltDon't BelieveI Believe InImpulseLiving OnPeople In Your LifeBeliveSuccessful WomenIntentionally Hurt Author:Angelina Jolie
“I am just a simple guy and I like when people enjoy themselves. I always say: you can laugh, you can cry, you can express yourself but please don't hurt each other. I really don't know, to be honest with you. I'm very impressed with everything that has happened.” PeopleKnowsGuyEnjoyHurtSimpleLaughingHappenedHonestCryPleaseBeing HonestImpressedExpress YourselfSimple Guy Author:Tommy Wiseau
“There are words that I wouldn't say because they hurt people's feelings. I just happen to be a white guy who writes for a lot of black comedians but if I wrote for a lot of gay comedians there might be stuff I would say then.” PeopleIfsWritingFeelingsMightHappensGuyStuffBlackHurtWhiteGayComedianWhite Guys Author:Neal Brennan
“We all know people who say: "It's the principle of the matter" to justify sustaining toxic emotions for years. As they hold onto their anger or hurt, they bleed away their energy reserves, often ending up bitter and depressed.” PeopleKnowsYearsMatterEnergyHurtEmotionPrinciplesAngerManagementBitterJustifyToxicReservesAnger ManagementSustaining Author:Doc Childre
“When I get my feelings hurt, or when things scare me, or freak out my sensibilities, or when my feathers get ruffled, it takes me aback, of course, but then I think, I'm grateful that I have a mind that can want more for people and want more for the planet. It's not that hard. It's really quite simple.” PeopleThinkingWantMindHardFeelingsCoursesHurtSimplePlanetsGratefulTake MeScareFreakSensibilityFeathersHurt Feelings Author:Rose McGowan
“It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so stupid? Why do we have to go through these unnecessary exercises. Fight crime, don't fight me. If you really want to make a difference don't fight me or Fugazi.” PeopleIfsWantFightingDifferencesHurtLevelsCrimeStupidExerciseMaking A DifferenceUnnecessaryIt HurtsHurt Me Author:Ian MacKaye
“Some of the donors are - many of them are good people and they're donating because their ideas are those embodied by the candidate and that's really what they're doing, they're promoting the ideas. But many of them are desirous of things in addition to that. So when I see [Donald] Trump not respond 'cause he can't spend the money, I'm secretly hoping it isn't gonna hurt him.” PeopleIdeasCausesHurtTrumpCandidatesGood PeoplePromotingDonors Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in this country who are hurting.” PeopleNeedsCountryGamesHurtMillionsProtectBaseballWinnerLoserBaseball Games Author:Bernie Sanders
“Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.” PeopleWantSocialHurtHusbandStructureSignificantUpsetSocial Structure Author:Erica Jong
“Older generations can sometimes look down on today's hip hop but I refuse that mindset. I remember how hurt I was when older people told me that Run-D.M.C. was jungle music or that it was not music at all. Or that LL Cool J was not art.” PeopleLooksArtSometimesRunningTodayRememberHurtGenerationsHip HopRefuseMindsetHipsHopsJungleOlder PeopleOlder Generation Author:Erik Parker
“I don't like that the government is going to manipulate the information to try to convince me that what I'm eating is not what I'm really eating. If people choose to eat cardboard because it's ten cents cheaper, then let them. That's at the root of freedom. But in the reverse, I'd like to know if what I'm eating or consuming or buying is somehow hurting or exploiting someone in another part of the planet.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingGovernmentHurtInformationPlanetsTenEatingRootsBuyingConvinceCentsReverseManipulateConsumingCheaper Author:Billy Corgan
“The truth is that in this country you here you're more likely to be harassed, hurt, or killed if you're a minister speaking about progress for Black people than if you are a sure enough revolutionary.” PeopleIfsCountryEnoughBlackHurtProgressTruth IsMinistersRevolutionaryBlack People Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“We should all focus on trying to be compassionate to others at all times, and be as understanding as possible towards people we know are hurting. We should try to be there to lift each other up.” PeopleKnowsShouldTryingUnderstandingHurtFocusAll TimeLiftsCompassionate Author:Avril Lavigne
“Hopefully people hear that a part of what hurts society has a lot to do with the diet, the food that you're eating. So let's be careful.” PeopleHurtEatingCarefulHopefullyDietsBe Careful Author:Ziggy Marley
“As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're really hurting is the fans.” PeopleThinkingWayGovernmentFightingHurtFansBand Author:John Petrucci
“What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.” PeopleFeelsPersonsFeelingsMightCareHurtSituationKindnessNegativeResponseOppressedAdoptedDemonstrationNegative Feelings Author:Epictetus
“People are not doing well financially. I mean, wages are down from 2000. They're down from 2007. 2000 - down. Not going - they're below what they were in 2000. People are hurting. Things aren't going well for them.” PeopleWellsMeanHurtWages Author:Jeff Sessions