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Quotes About People

Her eyes are gray, but not like those of people from the Seam. They're very pale, as if almost all the color has been sucked out of them.
~ Suzanne Collins
And the law required enforcement, and that was where control came in. Without the control to enforce the contract, chaos reigned. The power that controlled needed to be greater than the people – otherwise they would challenge it.
~ Suzanne Collins
At least Finnick doesn't applaud or act all happy when it's done. He just says, "People should know that happened. And now they do.
~ Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games were an opportunity for wealth and a kind of glory not seen elsewhere. Of course, the people of 2 swallowed the Capitol's propaganda more easily than the rest of us. Embraced their ways. But for all that, at the end of the day, they were still slaves.
~ Suzanne Collins
We are what no one wants to miss at the party. I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.
~ Suzanne Collins
the more I come to know these people, the worse it is. Because, on the whole, I don't hate them. And some I like. And a lot of them are so damaged that my natural instinct would be to protect them. But
~ Suzanne Collins
What a welcome sight. You know, it's funny how often people forget that presidents need to eat, too," President
~ Suzanne Collins
People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice!
~ Suzanne Collins
Who were all these people hanging around on a weekday at the zoo? Didn't they have jobs? Shouldn't the children be in school? No wonder the country was such a mess.
~ Suzanne Collins
It's not just hunting. They're armed. They think," I say. "So do you. And you've had more practice. Real practice," he says. "You know how to kill." "Not people," I say. "How different can it be, really?" says Gale grimly. The awful thing is that if I can forget they're people, it will be no different at all.
~ Suzanne Collins
Katniss, it's just hunting. You're the best hunter I know." Gale "It's not just hunting. They're armed, they think." --Katniss "So do you. And you've had more practice. Real practice. You know how to kill." --Gale "Not people." --Katniss "How different can it be, really?" --Gale The awful thing is that if I can forget they're people, it will be no different at all. --Katniss
~ Suzanne Collins
Katniss, I don't think you understand how important you are to the cause. Important people usually get what they want. If you want to keep Peeta safe from the rebels, you can.
~ Suzanne Collins
I've met guys like you before. They talk the talk but, well…talking doesn't exactly get people to orgasm, does it?
~ Suzanne Wright
Right now I don't have patience to deal with people who IQ lands on the right side of the decimal point.
~ Suzanne Wright Feral Sins
Attention paid to the life, to the fact of life, to events and people, their enormous mattering--all the things that could not be more obvious when we're brought awake, but that really do get slurred away by distraction, sometimes for long periods, so that when the feeling does come back again, it seems like something that needs to be marked, sewn a la Blaise Pascal right into the lining of your coat--where you will always see it and remember
~ Sven Birkerts
My mom says . . . there are bad people who hurt others for fun . . . and there are good people who do it by accident. Like, they make a mistake? I think you're a good person.
~ Svetlana Chmakova
Be not afraid, for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their ranks have come all the greatest geniuses of the world, and history can only repeat itself. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work.
~ Swami Vivekananda
When you make a movie, it's just so personal and then you put it out in front of people and it becomes something else.
~ Jennifer Yuh Nelson
If you succeed in doing something good for the people, it gives you a great sense of satisfaction.
~ Naveen Patnaik
I've been lucky and very fortunate over the course of my career, and I try to do something good for people every day.
~ Joe Bonamassa
Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the people, and aims at building prosperity and reconstructing of our fatherland.
~ Walter Ulbricht
I think it's just amazing to be in a group of women, in a group of people that you can spend enough time with them to really get to know people and be inspired by them and learn something new about them every day.
~ Phillipa Soo
TV critics came after me for overhyping LeBron. A lot of people don't know this, but I didn't want to do the game. I told ESPN, 'We're making this kid into something special.' I always follow orders, whatever my people want me to do.
~ Dick Vitale
But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of any help the fact that I do acknowledge it then maybe other people will benefit from it because I do have somewhat of a public forum being in the line of work I am.
~ Joe Mantegna