“Personality is a real aphrodisiac, when somebody is charming or funny. I think certain jobs attract certain types of people.” PeopleThinkingRealPersonalityCharming Author:Boy George
“I take things very seriously, and I give myself time to come down and to ramp up, and it's an inside spiritual journey for me. I feel like acting is a way of feeling your personality, and it's really special. Special to have this kind of effect on people. You can only have that effect if you're really outside of yourself. You can't look at yourself and do what I do at the same time. I have done it that way in the past, but it doesn't really work. I can only soar within the parameters of time, and I use music analogies.” PeopleGivingKindDoneFeelingsPastSpiritualActingJourneySpecialPersonalitySoarSpiritual JourneyLook At Yourself Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“In America with the Olympics when you not only have a medal but a gold medal all of a sudden people come out of the wood work and you're treated a little bit differently. I guess that's where my personality is, that's where I just can't get used to all this.” PeoplePersonalityGoldMedal Author:Kristin Armstrong
“There are clearly people for whom Stoicism immediately "clicks," it comes natural, and others for whom it doesn't. Then again, Stoicism isn't the only positive philosophy of life. Buddhism is an excellent alternative, if it speaks more clearly to one's personality or cultural background.” PeoplePhilosophySpeakNaturalLife PhilosophyBuddhismPersonalityExcellentStoicism Author:Massimo Pigliucci
“Falling into Donald Trump's trap, or being distracted every time he sends out a tweet is really not leadership. And, I would point you to a historical example, Italy's Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, a larger-than-life personality. People didn't know what to do until somebody came up with a novel idea: Why don't we ignore him? They completely ignored the personality, the man, and focused on the issues. He was defeated twice. Maybe we can learn from that lesson.” PeopleMenFallNovelHe ManPersonalityHistoricalFocusedDefeatedIgnoredDistractedTweet Author:Sam Rasoul
“The way people reacted to me in dressing rooms and so on was incredibly aggressive. They know every record and they seem to think they should nudge me or bump into me as they go past. It was this incredible performance that used to amuse me. In the early days, people were drawn towards us like they'd be drawn towards a car smash...There is a definite relationship between that fanaticism and the fan that, as a performer, you expose more of yourself, of the undercurrents of your personality. Most rock personalities subdue that or choose not to explore it.” PeopleThinkingPastCarPersonalityIncrediblesAggressiveFanaticism Author:Nick Cave
“The American people get to express themselves, and in the ways that they choose. But I have got to tell you, I - this convention, I have sensed a tremendous amount of energy, a tremendous amount of unity, not around the personalities, but around the choice that we face in the fall.” PeopleChoicesFallEnergyPersonalityUnity Author:Mike Pence
“Apart from a commendable determination to discomfit Trump and members of his inner circle (select military figures excepted, at least for now), journalism remains pretty much what it was prior to November 8th of last year: personalities built up only to be torn down; fads and novelties discovered, celebrated, then mocked; "extraordinary" stories of ordinary people granted 15 seconds of fame only to once again be consigned to oblivion - all served with a side dish of that day's quota of suffering, devastation, and carnage. These remain journalism's stock-in-trade.” PeopleSufferingMilitaryPersonalityFameDeterminationExtraordinaryJournalismGrantedTornOblivionOrdinary PeopleSelectNovemberCarnageCommendable Author:Andrew Bacevich
“People who want to find a place of rest, want to find an integrated personality, sense of self, want fewer fractures in their lives.” PeoplePersonalitySense Of SelfIntegrated Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I think the cult of personality is the thing that people find a real problem with. It's hard to unify behind something that is unknown. I know more about black holes than I do about Donald Trump's ever-changing news. So I don't blame - like, I don't blame conservatives going, like "Hey, this is something that I believe in. And I don't know what he believes." But that could change. That could change in four months.” PeopleThinkingBelieveRealProblemI BelieveBlackPersonalityBlameCultBlack Hole Author:Greg Gutfeld
“When you're not working with the same people, you tend to sound different. Even if my personality is the same, it's reflected off different people.” PeopleDifferentPersonality Author:Gary Louris
“All over the US, there is a need to teach young people to, really, get them out in the backyard, building treehouses, fixing bicycles, because you become a better, more well-rounded, Renaissance personality if you actually know how to do things with your hands. If you can fix the screen door or replace your old garbage disposal, even change the tire on a car, a lot of people don't even know how to do that. We're literally running out of people who know how to do those things, the essential things like plumbing, carpentry, stone masonry, we're literally running out of them.” PeopleRunningTeachCarBuildingPersonalityTireBicyclePlumbingCarpentry Author:John Ratzenberger
“A lot of the problems of parenthood are universal. Yes, it's harder being younger and growing up yourself, but all those anxieties and problems are going to be faced by anyone at any age. When people hear about teenage parents and teenage pregnancy, they attribute a lot of personality traits to those individuals, which is just such a bizarre thing when you really think about it. Like, how does age and circumstance equate to some kind of personality trait?” PeopleThinkingKindProblemAgeIndividualParentGrowing UpPersonalityCircumstancesAnxietyPregnancyParenthoodTraitsTeenageBizarrePersonality Traits Author:Aisling Loftus
“As a personality, I'm not one that likes to be center stage. It's not about me, it's about the music. I just want people to listen.” PeoplePersonality Author:John Digweed
“For Coca-Cola, they wanted a hippie-looking girl to walk around the city with a bucket of chicken sitting in Central Park, sitting on Central Park South, walking along all these different areas of New York that people are familiar with, and just eating this bucket of chicken. I got that commercial too. I think it was just part of my personality that was different from just a regular, nice-looking girl that was more of a model-y type. I injected a little more energy into everything I did.” PeopleThinkingDifferentGirlEnergyPersonalityWalkingEatingFamiliar Author:P. J. Soles
“I don't get a lot of "Hey, Harvard!" stuff. I think a lot of people who don't know me would be surprised to think that I went there. But no, I don't. You know, I'm from the Midwest, man - that shapes my personality much more than having gone to Harvard.” PeopleThinkingMenPersonalityKnow Me Author:Dean Norris
“I think I've always had an activist stance, yet at the same time, the other side of me - and this is where some people just don't get it, or they'd prefer it if the work was a lot uglier, a lot louder - I have this personality where I just want to put something out that's a fact and then let you interpret it. It's almost as if you might barely notice it, you might walk right by it, but you have to pay attention.” PeopleThinkingAttentionPersonalityPay AttentionActivist Author:Maya Lin
“I'm kind of conscious and aware of how ridiculous everyone involved with politics or talking about politics, especially on television, is - all the shouting matches and the screaming and the over-the-top personalities, and everyone's just playing. It's like WWF for news, almost. It's really ridiculous and I really don't want to be a part of it, and I'm not trying to put on this persona of this angry revolutionary to get people to follow me.” PeopleTryingKindPersonalityConsciousRidiculousRevolutionaryPersonaFollow Me Author:Aaron McGruder
“I encourage people to have a daily spiritual practice; that's the best way to take care of yourself. If you have that daily practice, it means you're getting divine guidance, and you're not being guided by your ego or your personality.” PeopleMeanCareSpiritualDivinePersonalityEgoTake CareGuidanceSpiritual PracticeTake Care Of Yourself Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“I'm not in the media that much, so people don't know my personality very well - they just know my work. I feel bad for people who have to read about my personal life and my relationships and see photos of me going through security at an airport. It's like watching a commercial for a hamburger that looks delicious, like a Big Mac, and then going to where they make it and taking photos of what it looks like behind the counter, and it's horrifying.” PeopleSecurityPersonalityPersonal Life Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“It's really hard to maintain a band as a democracy. Again, I think there's been a shift. There's a lot of emphasis put on style and a singular personality, as opposed to a more anonymous group of people playing music. It's more about can I dress this person up? Are they going to look pretty? I feel like the cult of personality is back, for sure.” PeopleThinkingDemocracyStylePersonalityCult Author:Ed Droste
“Your voice sounds completely different in different languages. It alters your personality somehow. I don't think people get the same feeling from you. The rhythm changes. Because the rhythm of the language is different, it changes your inner rhythm and that changes how you process everything.” PeopleThinkingDifferentFeelingsLanguagePersonalityRhythm Author:Francois Arnaud
“I think that you have to have a really specific type of personality to be able to both direct and act, because it requires enormous shifts in perspective. I mean, when you're directing, you're looking at the world through a wide-angle lens, and you're seeing all of it. You know exactly what's happening in every corner of it. You know what people are going to say. You know what they're going to do. You're controlling everything.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanPerspectivePersonalityDirect Author:Cherien Dabis
“I just think to pose for the Body Issue is a good idea for people that are bigger-boned. If people can look at me, a guy that's 325-plus, doing an issue like this, I'm pretty sure that they might have a little confidence. There will be critics, just like with everything else. I think a lot of people will get a laugh out of it, I'll tell you that. I'm looking forward to what the locker room's going to say. But at the end of the day, I'm perfectly fine with who I am as a person and what I have accomplished. It shows a lot of my personality.” PeopleThinkingGuyLaughingPersonalityCriticsAccomplishedLook At MeLooking ForwardLocker Room Author:Vince Wilfork
“It was time to come up here and retire with my wonderful husband, and my children and my grandchildren, and make that change. I'm not good at hanging on. When I make a decision to cut it off, I have to cut it off completely. I'm not good at, "Oh, I'll stick around and consult a little bit." I'm not good at that and I don't want to do that. I don't think you get anywhere doing that. I mean, I don't, although other people might. But that's not my personality. It's not my id. I have to make the break and be a good sport and adjust to it.” PeopleThinkingMeanChildrenSportsDecisionBreakCuttingWonderfulPersonalityHusbandMy ChildrenRetiringGrandchildrenMy Grandchildren Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“When I started working, the big models were people like Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss. It was a time when there were models who had real personalities and individuality.” PeopleRealPersonalityIndividuality Author:Marc Jacobs
“I always love trying to put my arms around more people. As a designer, it's a great compliment when people wear your clothes or buy your products, so to do things that are more affordable and have more of a distribution is always very exciting - especially when I can still bring my personality in complete, heavy doses. It's not a diluted version of me; it's a very clear extension of my personality.” PeopleTryingPersonalityExcitingDesignerComplimentAffordable Author:Jeremy Scott
“People who know me, recognize a definite difference in my poise and in my personality, because I've grown.” PeoplePersonalityKnow MePoise Author:Karrine Steffans
“I am interested in people, and I am interested enough in people that I want to be friends with a lot of people and know about their lives. So I'm not a hermit. I'm also interested in writing about other things. It goes on and on. I sometimes wish that I had a different personality. But then I would write different types of books.” PeopleWritingBookDifferentSometimesEnoughWishPersonality Author:Lynne Tillman
“I have an addictive personality myself and one of the things I've learned is, you're always in recovery. Part of my healing process is being a mentor and teacher and helping people. Yet, at the same time, I have to be very careful about my own addictions.” PeopleHelpingHealingTeacherPersonalityAddictionCarefulRecoveryMentorHelping People Author:Susan Shapiro
“My greatest passion has always been connecting with creative people, appreciating the artistic and discovering fresh perspectives on the world. I came on board to use my experience in building an international community of photographers, illustrators and video artists at iStockphoto who learned, grew and sold their work to millions around the world. Building a community that large requires personality, a keen sense of what both the contributing artists and the buying audience need, and an ability to balance both. I wanted very much to transfer those skills to the fine art world.” PeopleWorldArtArtistPassionCommunityAbilityAudienceCreativeBuildingPerspectivePersonalityBalanceAppreciatePhotographerArtisticCreative PeopleFine Arts Author:Bruce Livingstone
“I would advice to focus on your craft. Nowadays, a lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.” PeopleThinkingDifferentChanceFocusAdvicePersonalityLongevityOutlandish Author:Morris Chestnut
“I'm not trying to create a stand-in or avatar with whom the reader can identify, but separate, believable characters with distinct personalities; I'm trying to place the reader more in the role of observer rather than that of participant. I think this approach comes out of my own personal desire and struggle to understand our world, and the complex interactions of people with one another and their environment. My work is an improvised exploration of this complexity, as opposed to a structured, plot-driven narrative.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingCharacterDesireStruggleEnvironmentPersonalityComplexityExploration Author:Jason Lutes
“Every band is different just because of the different combinations of people really are super unique to every band. The way you work together and the personalities that are being brought to the table. Our band is definitely the best combination of personalities I've worked with so far.” PeopleDifferentTogetherPersonalityUniqueWorking Together Author:Ali Koehler
“When I first started performing, some people were there just out of curiosity. I think that happens less often then you'd think, but when it is happening it's very obvious and I can tell what's going on. I had some of that in the beginning, but I think that ultimately I got a pretty strong fan base based on just my personality alone, and my honesty, my music. So it wasn't based on anything else, and I did notice if someone else came looking for something else, they'd probably leave, or complain it was too loud or something.” PeopleThinkingStrongHonestyPersonalityCuriosityObviousComplainingPerforming Author:Lisa Marie Presley
“One thing that I don't like about us as a people is that, when we don't have the same view as somebody, a lot of times we bash that person. We say negative things about that person. We all can co-exist with different beliefs. That's the beauty of it. That's why we all have personalities and are individuals. But a lot of people don't see it that way. They feel they have to bash somebody because of what they believe in or what they want to do.” PeopleBelieveDifferentIndividualBeliefPersonalityNegativeBash Author:Brandon Marshall
“I believe that if one can understand one's false personality or ego, then they can develop self-awareness and the manifesting of that self-awareness is leadership. Such a leader sets up the mechanisms within which creativity can flourish, and managers turn this into innovations in the marketplace and society. But it's never as clear-cut as I'm making it sound. It's much more dynamic, chaotic and fascinating in the way it plays out. That's why people have to operate more from their inner essence; it's the other constant that copes with the legendary constant of change.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveLeaderCreativityPersonalityEgoInnovationManifestChaoticLegendary Author:Michael Ray
“I've never been the type of photographer to live with people I photograph. You know, shoot heroin with them, that kind of thing. I respect those photographers that work that way. But part of my personality is a certain amount of distance, and part of my attraction to the medium of photography is this distance where you're in the world, but you're removed from it.” PeopleWorldKindPersonalityPhotographyDistancePhotographerPhotographAttractionHeroin Author:Alec Soth
“What keeps my flame burning is, first, I'm ornery and persistent. I don't like giving up on things and I believe in my band and I just happen to have the sort of personality that really likes to see things to the bitter end. The second reason is the incredible people I've been fortunate to meet as a result of pursuing this insane, money-hemorrhaging enterprise. Literally every time I release a well-reviewed, poor-selling record, the net result is that I end up meeting more kind, like-minded, creative and brilliant people. That's really all the reward I need.” PeopleGivingBelieveKindReasonI BelieveCreativePersonalityGiving UpMeetingsIncrediblesBrilliantInsaneBitterEnterprisePersistent Author:Eddie Pepitone
“Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. And if you give too much away, you have nothing to take for yourself and put onscreen. If people feel like they know you too well, they won't be able to indentify with the character you're trying to portray. Or they'll feel that you're just playing yourself, and then you just become a personality actor. And that's the death of any actor.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantSometimesCharacterPersonalityPerception Author:Shia LaBeouf
“There are lots of poster children for angst. But there aren't many poster children for cool angst. Everybody thinks it's cool if you're the bad girl. But what about the people who are really not feeling that great? Why can't I get up in front of millions of people, as a person who represents my generation, and tell them that I'm angry? Who puts these limits on what my personality should be in public?” PeopleThinkingChildrenFeelingsGirlPersonalityAngstPostersBad Girl Author:Fiona Apple
“Every album has a thing where it's like, "How are we going to marry our four ideas and personalities?" The older we get, the more people become comfortable with their strengths and weaknesses. Being in a band with such a long history can be frustrating and slow, but ultimately it's so much more rewarding.” PeopleLongPersonalityWeaknessFrustrating Author:Ed Droste
“There is a lot of management going on with directing. Maybe that was the biggest surprise-just the amount of tending that I had to do. The different personalities . . . It's not my way, and it's never been my function before as a writer. I tend to be a moody and somewhat withdrawn person, and I felt very clearly that I had to throw that away because that wasn't allowed here - there were other people who were going to be filling that role. Sometimes it became exhausting, especially around the eleventh hour of the day.” PeopleDifferentSometimesHoursPersonalityManagementMy WayMoody Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Advice for young people who want to channel their personality into creative work - be authentic.” PeopleCreativeAdvicePersonalityCreative Work Author:Leandra Medine
“I wasn't looking to be an Indian brass band, but to be a band that reflected my complete identity as an American. The America I was born and raised in intersected with people of all ethnicities and beliefs and that, coupled with my parents' instilling of good values, made me the individual I am now. Within Red Baraat, there are varied musical backgrounds and personalities and that lends itself to many great thoughts and ideas; it's what makes social science, or more precisely, social interaction so interesting to me.” PeopleValuesIndividualBeliefInterestingIdentityPersonalityMusicalSocial ScienceSocial Interaction Author:Sunny Jain
“Many chefs of a certain caliber do not see me as a chef. I don't have a restaurant. They see me as a TV food personality, not a chef. I've gotten respect, trust me, they respect me, but I think that I can't hit that particular level of respect from them until I have a successful Vegas restaurant that not only makes money but creates unbelievable food and a fabulous experience. I don't think people think I can cook, and they don't think I know what the hell I'm doing.” PeopleThinkingHellSuccessfulPersonalityMaking MoneyChefFabulousUnbelievableTrust MeRespect Me Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.” PeopleAttentionPersonalityCommandCompelling Author:Laura Linney
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” PeopleIfsWould BeLiteratureInspiringFantasyAlivePersonalityDiversitySocial JusticeBeing YourselfBlack WomenBlack HistoryBlack Women InspirationalFemale WritersBlack MotivationalDefining Myself Author:Audre Lorde
“If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I'd been gone in two weeks.” PeopleIfsWayTryingKindTwoGoneAirWeekPersonalityPleaseSafeTwo WeeksVanilla Author:Phil McGraw