Quotes About People

You have to know human behaviour… And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You'll never write above what you know about people.

I never start one of these books in which they appear without being motivated by a desire to give those who read them at least some insight into the culture of a people who deserve to be much better understood. —Tony Hillerman

Chee picked up his hat. "It's not," he said. "Lot of good people in the Bureau. It's just they let the FBI get way too big. And the politicians get the promotions, and so they're the ones making the policies and calling the shots instead of the bright ones. And

You asked how I'd define prejudice. That's it. Making assumptions about people you've never met.

Collect stories and knowledge from people that inspire you spread the good word letting others in on this great wealth of knowledge that you have collected

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything.

Ni vet ju att folk blir osynliga om man skrämmer dom för ofta...

The wind had risen. It pressed snow against the windows with a powerful whispering that had followed the people of the village for a long, long time. Between squalls there was silence.

Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.

We're all just people, some of us accidentally connected by genetics, a random selection of cells. Nothing more.

Look, I really hate it when people say this sort of things... Do you know who I am? He lean a little closer and whisperer something. ALERT it cried, head spinning from side to side . EMERGENCY! IT IS THE DOC-TOR!

I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't?

We, the people, do have the power to stop [the] tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.

So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked. She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?' 'Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.' 'Oh. Then. Nothing.' He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.

It is not easy to speak of people and land in simple terms beginnings with a beginning and ending with an end.

Countries can survive war and famines and disease. They cannot survive leaders who despise their own people.

If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.

There has been a precipitous decline in the character of our people. We are not the people our parents were. We are not even the people we used to be.

Many people will try to get a job even if they don't fit the company's stated values, but very few will do so if they know that they're going to be held accountable, day in and day out, for behavior that violates the values.

Clare offered a half-hearted suggestion. "Well, there are coaches I know who do one-on-one counseling." Bobby shook his head. "No, that doesn't usually work. It takes months and only isolates people. It seems like most of them just use it to prepare for their next job.

I knew that these people were not idiots, so the only thing I could attribute their insane response to was a profound lack of courage and intellectual integrity.