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Quotes About People

Indeed, the young women of Arrakis were very beautiful that year. And the young men, too.
~ Frank Herbert
A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals, and a people revert to a mob.
~ Frank Herbert
Tu pueblo no podría sufrir mayor desastre que caer en manos de un héroe».
~ Frank Herbert
One of the most dangerous things in the universe is an ignorant people with real grievances. That is nowhere near as dangerous, however, as an informed and intelligent society with grievances. The damage that vengeful intelligence can wreak, you cannot even imagine.
~ Frank Herbert
The church, therefore, should not be confused with an organization, a denomination, a movement, or a leadership structure. The church is the people of God, the very bride of Jesus Christ.
~ Frank Viola
I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right.
~ Frank Zappa
Socialism produces bad music, bad art, social stagnation and really unhappy people.
~ Frank Zappa
Gustavo Solivellas dice: La religión es excelente para mantener callada a la gente común (Frank Zappa)
~ Frank Zappa
Swahili is a modified form of the Arabic sawa-hil, meaning 'coast people?
~ Franklin W. Dixon
Frank said. He kept the convertible at a steady pace and they reached Taylorville at twelve o'clock. The town was a fair-sized one, and the streets swarmed with cars and people during the lunch-hour rush.
~ Franklin W. Dixon
I was heading for the city in the south, of which they used to say in our village: 'There are people for you! Just think—they never go to sleep!' 'And why don't they?' 'Because they're fools.' 'Don't fools get tired, then?' 'How could fools get tired?
~ Franz Kafka
Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!
~ Franz Kafka
Incidentally, it's easy to write prescriptions, but difficult to come to an understanding with people.
~ Franz Kafka
And where do you see in all this the influence of the Castle? asked K. So far it doesn't seem to have come in. What you've told me about is simply the ordinary senseless fear of the people, malicious pleasure in hurting a neighbor, specious friendship, things that can be found anywhere,...
~ Franz Kafka
And, incidentally: freedom is all too often self-deception among people. Just as freedom is among the most exalted of feelings, so the corresponding deception is among the most exalted of deceptions.
~ Franz Kafka
Benim yaln?zl???m, insanlarla dolu.
~ Franz Kafka
The history of philosophy is actually full of people who argue for rather wild and incredible views, and their reputations are based on the skill of arguing for them.
~ Robert Nozick
I think the western is about people in harsh places trying to tame an unfriendly wilderness. Because life is defined by struggle, it's kind of the perfect microcosmic experience to explore that. 'Here we are, struggling.' It's about people persevering and persevering and persevering.
~ Chris Pine
All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there.
~ Jay Griffiths
One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.
~ Scott Baio
Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.
~ Steve Ballmer
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
~ Patrick Henry
We will not agree on every issue. But let us respect those differences and respect one another. Let us recognize that we do not serve an ideology or a political party; we serve the people.
~ John Lynch
I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.
~ Don Nickles