“A chef is a chef, a cook is a cook; a lorry driver is a lorry driver and a designer is a designer. I've never heard anyone say that Philippe Starck is a chef. The important thing is dialogue. If I said to Norman Foster that he was a chef he'd say "No", but he might have a dialogue with chefs. People have said to me for many years that I'm not a chef and that I'm an artist instead, but I always say, "No, I'm a chef." I just have dialogues with designers.” PeopleIfsYearsSaidImportantMightArtistHeardImportant ThingsDialogueCooksDesignerDriversChefLorry Author:Ferran Adria
“We said goodbye with a highball Then I got as high as a steeple But we were intelligent people No tears, no fuss, hooray For us!” PeopleSaidTearsIntelligentGoodbyeSteeples Author:Leo Robin
“I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man, if that's not a definition of God, I don't know what is.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenBelieveSaidUniverseDefinitions Author:Alan Arkin
“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidPlayWantedGuyNew YorkGunYeahAgentsRetiringFrankFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“I have said, and I repeat, at the risk of appearing sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history of the Second World War... If you take a book of a thousand pages on the Second World War, in which 50 million people died, the concentration camps occupy two pages and the gas chambers ten or 15 lines, and that's what's called a detail.” PeopleIfsWorldSaidTwoBookWarLinesMillionsRiskThousandTenPagesDiedDetailsWar Of The WorldsRepeatsGasConcentrationCampsWorld War IChamberAppearingSecond World WarConcentration CampGas ChambersSacrilegious Author:Jean-Marie Le Pen
“I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President John said. "Now people get mugged for Reeboks, for Adidas - for generics, for Christ's sake.” PeopleLittlesSaidKidsRememberPresidentChristStreetsSakeVicesPopsRelyRemember WhenVice PresidentNikeAdidas Book:Jennifer Government Source: Jennifer Government
“Some people have said Brother Khalid was a villain, but we know he was a victim in a world that is evil. Racism and injustice are the real villains here.” PeopleKnowsWorldSaidRealEvilBrotherRacismVictimInjusticeVillain Author:Khalid Abdul Muhammad
“I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.” PeopleIfsMenSaidIdeasViewsAcceptingOpinionEnemyCriticalNazi Author:Baldur von Schirach
“I have occasionally thought that some [TV] hosts have needed treatment, and some of these hosts have even admitted they could benefit from therapy. Having said that, I think most people can benefit from treatment. Those who need it and refuse to get it generally have the most "issues.” PeopleThinkingNeedsSaidIssuesTvsNeededBenefitsRefuseTherapyTreatmentHost Author:Robi Ludwig
“We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, 'The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.' We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.” PeopleMenWorldShouldTryingLittlesSaidTwoWarHandsAgeTodayActionEarthLastsAmericaDarkDestinyEconomicMankindCenturyReturnGeniusFollowingWar Of The WorldsHallsWorld War IiWorld War IPopeOur DestinySplendidThrustDark AgesPhiladelphiaUnselfishHoping For The BestFree World Author:Ronald Reagan
“I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is.” PeopleWantSaidMotherCareersHavensFemalePressureFocusedDrivenSelfish Author:Jennifer Aniston
“I'm most enthused by the younger people...and I wouldn't have said that two years ago. I spoke at two college campuses (in Wisconsin) and the students weren't interested. Public Service was a dirty word to them. Now they see it differently. They see you can come together and have a positive impact. I'm encouraged because they now see that we can win on these issues.” PeopleYearsSaidTwoTogetherWinningIssuesStudentsCollegeYears AgoImpactDirtyTwo YearsSpokesPublic ServiceCampusWisconsinPositive ImpactDirty WordsTwo Years AgoCollege Campus Author:Ed Garvey
“Indiana's governor is coming under fire for a new law that some people feel is anti-gay. The governor now says he is not anti-gay. Then immediately afterwards he said, 'April Fools.' It wasn't his best joke.” PeopleFeelsSaidLawFireFoolGayJokesGovernorsAprilIndianaApril FoolsAnti Gay Author:Conan O'Brien
“Some people are saying Bill O'Reilly exaggerated his war experience in the 1980s. People became suspicious because O'Reilly said he was injured in the East Coast/West Coast rap wars.” PeopleSaidWarBillsWestRapEastCoastSuspiciousInjuredExaggeratedWest CoastEast CoastBill O Reilly Author:Conan O'Brien
“President Obama said the small drone that flew over the White House fence yesterday could be bought at any RadioShack. After hearing this, the RadioShack CEO said, 'I'm shocked to find out we still sell something people want.'” PeopleWantSaidStillsHousePresidentWhiteSellsHearingYesterdayWhite HousePresident ObamaCeoShockedFenceFlewDrones Author:Conan O'Brien
“When we started the show, there were mixed responses. Half of the people said, 'That show doesn't have a chance.' The other half said, 'That show doesn't have a prayer.'” PeopleSaidShowsChancePrayerHalfResponseOther Half Author:David Letterman
“Mayor de Blasio said that whenever he goes to a Yankee game he gets sick and tired of people booing and giving him the finger. Hey, what do you want? You're the mayor of New York City. It comes with the gig, pal.” PeopleWantGivingSaidGamesCitiesNew YorkSickTiredFingersHeyNew York CityYankeesGigsMayorsPalsBooing Author:David Letterman
“People are being really picky about the upcoming election. I read that Americans do not want the next president to be a first-term senator, be over 65, or have a former president in the family. Then the Secret Service said, 'Hey, whoever slips through slips through. No promises.'” PeopleWantFirstsSaidNextPresidentTermSecretPromiseElectionHeyFormerSlipsBeing RealSenatorsPickySecret Service Author:Jimmy Fallon
“John McCain addressed critics who believe he will be too old to run for a sixth term in the Senate, saying that he's still healthy and ready to go. Then people around McCain said, 'Why is he talking to that mannequin?'” PeopleBelieveSaidStillsRunningTermTalkingReadyHealthyCriticsSenateMccain Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Hillary Clinton is receiving criticism after telling a crowd to 'unlock their full potential,' because that line is commonly used by another possible candidate, Carly Fiorina. People said, 'You can't just steal someone's slogan like that!' And Hillary said, 'Yes we can!'” PeopleSaidUsedLinesCriticismClintonCrowdsStealingCandidatesReceivingSlogansFull PotentialYes We Can Author:Jimmy Fallon
“New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said that he is open to letting transgender people serve in the military. He said there's no reason to prevent people from being generals just because of their privates.” PeopleSaidReasonMilitaryDefenseNo ReasonSecretaryTransgenderCarter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The Senate came one vote short of granting approval to build the Keystone pipeline. Democrats say the pipeline could accelerate global warming. Then people who've been outside today said, 'Sounds good to me. Let's accelerate that global warming.'” PeopleSaidTodaySoundVoteDemocratGlobal WarmingSenateApprovalAcceleratePipelineKeystonesKeystone Pipeline Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The pipeline would run from Canada to the Gulf Coast. It'll be the biggest underground structure leading into the U.S. Then people in Mexico said, 'Eh . . . second biggest.'” PeopleSaidRunningStructureCanadaMexicoCoastPipeline Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Now people want Brian Williams to resign, but it could have a happy ending. Apparently what he said was such a blatant departure from the truth, today he got an offer from Fox News.” PeopleWantSaidTodayOffersNewsFoxesHappy EndingsDepartureBrianFox News Author:Bill Maher
“Rand Paul and Chris Christie both said vaccinations should be a choice, not a government mandate. Because when have Republicans ever told people what they could do with their own bodies?” PeopleShouldSaidBodyGovernmentChoicesRepublicanOld PeopleMandatesChristieVaccinations Author:Bill Maher
“A cigar makers organization once said that I was the most famous cigar smoker in the world. I dont know if thats true, but once while visiting Havana, I went to a cigar factory. There were four hundred people there rolling cigars, and when they saw me, they all stood up and applauded.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldSaidSawsFourHundredOrganizationMakersFactoriesRollingVisitingCigarStood UpSmokersHavana Author:Groucho Marx
“Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?” PeopleIfsWantSaidHelpingWealthEconomicRepublicanTaxesLowsRewardsWealthyInvestorsScrewsAdviserDividendsPayrollPayroll Tax Author:Paul Begala
“My mom is very religious and she said, 'Whatever you think about all the time, that's what you worship.' If that's the case I'd like everyone to pop open their Diet Coke cans and turn to page 37 of their People Magazines. In this holy scripture, we read the parable of Ms. Valerie Bertinelli.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidTurnsReligiousCasesMomHolyWorshipPagesMy MomPopsScriptureMagazinesDietsCokeParablesHoly ScripturesDiet Coke Author:Maria Bamford
“I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.” PeopleWantSaidI CanPlayHelpingGuyWinningStarsStuffWaitingTeamAnd LoveSelfishLeagueNbaCompetitorsTeammateBeing SelfishAll Stars Author:Shabazz Muhammad
“As we watched Judge Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, all of the commentators said the same thing: 'One of these people in the room is lying.' Do you believe that? You've got two lawyers and 14 senators in the room, and only one of them is lying?” PeopleBelieveSaidTwoLyingRoomsJudgingCourtHearingLawyerSupremeSenatorsSupreme CourtCommentatorsConfirmation Author:Jay Leno
“What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and that was it. But in real life people had to keep on living, day after day, year after year.” PeopleYearsMeanSaidRealStoriesReal LifeHappy EndingsHappily Ever AfterEver AfterSimply Said Book:Afterworlds Source: Afterworlds
“Radical Christians are not people who wear Christian t-shirts. Radical Christians are those who bear fruit of the Holy Spirit...A little boy, Andrew, a Muslim shot him five times through the stomach and left him on a sidewalk simply because he said, 'I am so afraid, but I can not deny Jesus Christ! Please don't kill me! But I will not deny Him!' He died in a pool of blood, and you talk about being a radical Christian because you wear a t-shirt!” PeopleLittlesSaidI CanChristianSpiritJesusLeftChristBoysFiveBloodBearsHolyPleaseShotsJesus ChristDiedFruitDenyRadicalShirtsHoly SpiritStomachPoolCan NotT ShirtKill MeLittle BoysAndrewSidewalkRadical Christian Author:Paul Washer
“It's actually a relatively small number of people that really are those risk takers, and a relatively small number of people that end up really having an impact on the world, and it doesn't take a lot of people. We said, 'Well, rather than just sit by and wait, or fold our tent and go do something else, let's keep at it. Maybe we can be the ones who can figure this out,' and eventually we were.” PeopleWorldWellsSaidEndsWaitingNumbersRiskFiguresImpactFoldsTentsSmall NumbersImpact On The World Author:Steve Case
“Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?' I said, 'I'm pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,' and he said, 'Have you thought about being an actor?'” PeopleInspirationalSaidI CanWarActorsChanceActingProfessionItalianLunchUniformsCousinAmbassadorsMy Cousin Author:Christopher Lee
“There has been lots of things said about me over the years. I am happy to comment on people's opinion in football I respect, but Tony Cascarino is a man I certainly do not respect, for a lot of reasons, and if I told you, you would be shocked. So the day I worry about Tony Cascarino will be a very sad day of my life.” PeopleIfsMenYearsHas BeensSaidReasonWould BeOpinionWorryFootballManagersSoccerCommentShockedChairmanVery SadSad Day Author:Roy Keane
“I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsMadeSaidEnoughSportsPrivilegedYogiDeja VuCommissioners Author:Bobby Hull
“It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingSaidRememberCertainGamesSports Author:Carlton Fisk
“Well, maybe there are one or two things about the double jeopardy concept that are overlooked. I could be charged with violating my probation. I could be charged for illegal possession of a firearm or violating his civil rights if I did kill him. But when you're making a movie, there's only so much that you can do. I know that some people, while thoroughly enjoying it, have said, It's a little bit implausible. But it's such great fun.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsLittlesSaidTwoFunBitsEnjoyCan DoRightsLittle BitConceptsPossessionCivil RightsTwo ThingsIllegalFirearmsOverlookedJeopardyProbation Author:Ashley Judd
“Because I think a lot of people felt like, ultimately - and this isn't the first time I've said this, so I'll bore you again with it - but ultimately it was... I think it felt like homework a bit for people.” PeopleThinkingFirstsSaidFeltBitsFirst TimeBoresHomeworkYou AgainBores You Author:Will Arnett
“Insofar as human beings flower on the ground of freedom, justice guards that ground. Insofar as human beings flower in the soil of community, justice tends that soil. Justice makes possible a social order that people can truly be said to share freely.” PeopleHumansSaidWisdomOrderPoliticsSocialCommunityJusticeHuman BeingsEconomyShareFlowerSoilLiberalismSocial Order Author:Jeffrey H Reiman
“Caron, Even though you just got here a few months ago, We've grown so close over these last few weeks And, I can remember, When you first got here, You wrote a piece of paper in my locker... I don't know why I'm crying so much man... You wrote a piece of paper in my locker that said, "KD MVP." And that's after we had lost two or three straight. And I don't really say much in those moments, But I remember that. I go home and I think about that stuff man. When you got people behind you, You can do whatever. And I thank you man, I appreciate you.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenFirstsSaidI CanTwoMomentsHomeLastsRememberThreeLostStuffCan DoBehindsPiecesWeekCryMonthsPaperAppreciateNbaRemember WhenBehind YouLockersMvpAppreciate You Author:Kevin Durant
“His doctors said he was, in many ways, the most remarkable patient they'd ever seen. His bravery, so stark and real, that even those used to seeing people in dire circumstances were moved by his example.” PeopleWaySaidRealUsedSeeingExampleCircumstancesDoctorsBaseballBraveryMovedPatientRemarkableStarks Author:Bob Costas
“He said, Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces, and knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.” PeopleWayMadeSaidEyeFacesSonCardsGambling Author:Kenny Rogers
“While Jesus was at Jerusalem there came a voice from heaven. For what purpose was the voice sent? For the sake of those who stood by. "Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes" (John xii, 30). Of what benefit was the voice when those who heard it were unable to distinguish it from thunder? "The people therefore, that stood by and heard it, said that it thundered" (29).” PeopleSaidPurposeJesusHeavenVoiceHeardAtheismBenefitsSakePositive AtheismThunderJerusalem Author:John Remsburg
“There is little that can be said about most economic goods. A toothbrush does little but clean teeth. Aspirin does little but dull pain. Alcohol is important mostly for making people more or less drunk ... There being so little to be said, much is to be invented.” PeopleLittlesDoeSaidImportantPainBusinessEconomicCleanAlcoholTeethDrunkDullGoodsAspirinToothbrushes Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“I said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent. Nobody can control me.” PeopleTryingYearsSaidFeltBasketballJuvenileDelinquents Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“He discusses his service in Iraq, the wounds he suffered there and he says to me in this ad, until you have the guts to call me a phony soldier to my face, stop telling lies about my service. You know, this is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying to him about what I said, and then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media and a TV ad, to walk into as many people as he can walk into.” PeopleKnowsSaidUseFacesLyingWalksMediaStupidTvsSoldierIraqWoundsGutsCall MeCombatAdsVeteranBeltsHatefulPhonyValiantTelling LiesCombat VeteransBlatant Lies Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Rosa Parks was an unlikely person, but she became an instrument of the people's will in that community who were tired. They said she was tired from working and perhaps she was - but she herself said later that she was spiritually tired and weary of being humiliated by being asked to move back so that a white person could occupy her seat.” PeoplePersonsSaidMovingCommunityWhiteInstrumentsTiredParksSeatsWearyThey SaidUnlikelyHumiliatedRosa Author:Joseph Lowery
“I remember asking one of the [cyber experts], I said, "Knowing what you know, and you exist behind the curtains so to speak, and you see behind the curtain, do you look at the world differently? Do you feel you have an upper hand?" He just started laughing and said, "Man, people have no idea how exposed they are, how vulnerable, and what's possible."” PeopleKnowsMenWorldFeelsLooksSaidIdeasHandsRememberSpeakBehindsLaughingKnowingAskingVulnerableNo IdeaExpertsExposedCurtainsCyberUpper Hand Author:Chris Hemsworth
“If people I've never met or don't know say that what I've written or done or said means anything to them, then I'm happy to take it at face value, for once. It cheers me up.” PeopleIfsKnowsMeanSaidDoneFacesValuesWrittenMetsCheerFace ValueCheer Me Up Author:Christopher Hitchens