Quotes About People

Dublin was an English city, one of the loveliest. The most Irish thing about it was the shifting drab flow of the poor people

I'd always gone out of my way to streamline my life—removing all potential complication. I suddenly realized that mostly meant not having people around. Clearly, people were the biggest complication life threw at you.

He looked confused. "Don't all of you carry guns?" "Yes," I said. "But we're prepared to shoot people. Can you shoot someone?" His eyes widened. "God, no! I'm vegan." "Eating them is optional," Gertie said.

The dead didn't show up to their own funerals and call people assholes.

All the law does is keep the honest people from doing illegal things.

I had silver chrome effect polish on my nails and toes but had drawn the line at nail extensions. Anything that interfered with the possible need to take people out was a solid no.

Deputy Breaux didn't so much as raise an eyebrow—just leaned over and grabbed Celia's shoulders and helped Carter haul her out. You had to love a man who really understood his town and his people.

for some people, laziness could beat out common sense any day.

If in a democratic country nothing can be permanently achieved save through the masses of the people, it will be impossible to establish a higher political life than the people themselves crave.

People themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.

My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

The English language like the English people is good at particular emergencies, but hopelessly unsystematic.

Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people.

The world is an unfair place. Bad things happen to good people, while it can seem like bad people have all the luck. But sometimes even bad people have accidents.

Memory changed for both Edward and Elisabeth. There were fewer people now to keep it alive.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.

Some of what I remembered was not my own story. It was twisted like tobacco strands, tangled with a dozen other memories of people who were here and others who were not even a part of the terror.

I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening. My work at NBC News was to report the news, but in hindsight, I often tried to look for some insight to share that might spark a moment of recognition in a viewer.

I'm not a hermit.  I'm just an introvert, which means I like people, but I don't find parties exciting.  They tire me out—.