Quotes About People

Our long memories hold the stories of what our people accomplished, but they also hold the prejudices, the injustices, the harm that we've received from others.

The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.

My time at Monterrey was phenomenal, fantastic. It was an experience that was magnificent from the start due to the way people received me.

I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.

As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people.

The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.

In 2007, I received a National Geographic Expeditions Council grant to go around the top of the world and talk to Arctic people about how they've been impacted by climate change.

Some of my friends in this business have received awful online abuse, but I've so far pretty much avoided it - and I've largely avoided meeting hideous people in the street. Most people tend to be charming.

I have met people who have received E.U. funding and regretted it.

I'm grateful for the support I'm receiving from the people of Hawaii.

I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I kept with me was that there's an expectation globally that the U.S. will lead. Questions about that expectation have certainly risen in recent years. The fact that there's even a question about that is worrisome to me, and I think needs to be for a lot of people.

My films are as much for the people as they are for me. The reception affects me, but doesn't change me as a person. That's important.

I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.

Whatever appreciation I've got despite the limited work I have done has been great. People have been receptive, and I think it's a privilege to have earned this respect.

I've done many rallies and it's been super-charged, highly charged. People are very receptive.

So when folks talk about the deficit and leaving the deficit for our children, we will never get out of debt had this country until people get back to work, until they have good-paying jobs, and in between times, we will not move this economy forward until we are helping people be able to keep going in this recession.

People are always asking me for my favorite recipe, and I have to say, 'I don't really have one.'

I do think there is continuing sense in people buying recipe books from somebody they trust.

I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.

It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

The ridiculous events in everyday life are often overlooked - people don't recognise it as potentially cinematic.

In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broadway, and they show the film all the time on cable over there, so people recognise you.

I don't think people should be priced out of going to the theatre... But we have to recognise that it is a show business.

People recognise me from all over the country, which we didn't expect.