Quotes About People

the historian's need of imaginative understanding for the minds of the people with whom he is dealing, for the thought behind their acts: I say imaginative understanding, not sympathy, lest sympathy should be supposed to imply agreement ... History cannot be written unless the historian can achieve some kind of contact with the mind of those about whom he is writing.

We may be a small island, but we are not a small people

Corporations must serve the people, Americans thought.

Novelists liked to imagine the interconnectedness of things—as though all the people in the big city were part of some great organism, their lives intertwined. He

London es, antes que nada, una novela. Todas las familias cuya suerte sigue esta historia, desde los Ducket hasta la familia de Penny, son ficticias, al igual que el papel que cada uno de ellos desempeña en los hechos históricos que se describen. Al seguir la historia de estas familias imaginarias a lo largo de los siglos, he tratado de situarlas entre personas

London es, antes que nada, una novela. Todas las familias cuya suerte sigue esta historia, desde los Ducket hasta la familia de Penny, son ficticias, al igual que el papel que cada uno de ellos desempeña en los hechos históricos que se describen. Al seguir la historia de estas familias imaginarias a lo largo de los siglos, he tratado de situarlas entre personas y acontecimientos

London es, antes que nada, una novela. Todas las familias cuya suerte sigue esta historia, desde los Ducket hasta la familia de Penny, son ficticias, al igual que el papel que cada uno de ellos desempeña en los hechos históricos que se describen. Al seguir la historia de estas familias imaginarias a lo largo de los siglos, he tratado de situarlas entre personas y acontecimientos que existieron, o que pudieron haber

People in the city developed antennae that sent warning signals whenever trouble came near.

Try as one might to live on the edge, thought Patrick, getting into the other lift, there was no point in competing with people who believed what they saw on television.

That was the wonderful thing about historical novels, one met so many famous people. It was like reading a very old copy of Hello! magazine.

The Park's nice,' his father conceded, 'but the rest of the country is just people in huge cars wondering what to eat next.

The Park's nice,' his father conceded, 'but the rest of the country is just people in huge cars wondering what to eat next.

Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.

You will either fear God or other people. There are no other alternatives.

Fear" in the biblical sense is a much broader word. It includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, or needing people.

When your wants become needs, it means that you have put your trust in people. They have become like a god to you. Yet, for some reason, the true God is patient with you. Although you might reject him, he doesn't reject you. And this is everyone's story.

The purpose of humanity is to be brought near to God as a holy people.

most gifts emerge in the context of serving people.

This party comes from the grass roots. It has grown from the soil of the people's hard necessities.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.