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Quotes About People

And here I must observe again, that this necessity of going out of our houses to buy provisions was in a great measure the ruin of the whole city; for the people catched the distemper, on these occasions, one of another;
~ Daniel Defoe
that this necessity of going out of our houses to buy provisions was in a great measure the ruin of the whole city, for the people catched the distemper on these occasions one of another, and even the provisions themselves were often tainted;
~ Daniel Defoe
Some Endeavors were used to suppress the Printing of such Books as terrify'd the People, and to frighten the dispersers of them, some of whom were taken up, but nothing was done in it, as I am inform'd; The Government being unwilling to exasperate the People, who were, as I may say, all out of their Wits already.
~ Daniel Defoe
though it is true all the people did not go out of the city of London, yet I may venture to say that in a manner all the horses did; for there was hardly a horse to be bought or hired in the whole city for some weeks.
~ Daniel Defoe
Some endeavors were used to suppress the printing of such books as terrified the people, and to frighten the dispersers of them, some of whom were taken up, but nothing done in it, as I am informed; the government being unwilling to exasperate the people, who were, as I may say, all out of their wits already.
~ Daniel Defoe
It demoralizes people just to hear that they are doing "something" wrong without knowing what the specifics are so they can change.
~ Daniel Goleman
data science requires more than math skills: it also takes people who have a wide-ranging curiosity, and whose innovation is guided by their own experience—not just data.
~ Daniel Goleman
The ability of the powerful to dismiss inconvenient people (and inconvenient truths) by paying no attention has become the focus of social psychologists, who are finding relationships between power and the people we pay most and least attention to.4
~ Daniel Goleman
Singapore has no natural resources, no great army, no special political sway. Its secret lies in its people—and the government has intentionally cultivated these human resources as the driver of its economy. Schools are the incubator for Singapore's outstanding workforce.
~ Daniel Goleman
the abilities that distinguish the outstanding supervisors in technical fields are not technical, but rather relate to handling people.14 So to a degree, experience and expertise, like IQ, matter—but there is much more to the story when it comes to excellence.
~ Daniel Goleman
el estrés atonta a la gente».
~ Daniel Goleman
A capacidade que os poderosos têm de ignorar as pessoas inconvenientes (e as verdades inconvenientes) não lhes dando atenção tornou-se o centro das atenções dos psicólogos sociais, que têm encontrado relações entre o poder e as pessoas a quem damos mais e menos atenção.
~ Daniel Goleman
Lo pequeño es hermoso: economía como si la gente importase.
~ Daniel Goleman
Is it OK not to be a virgin, yes. Most people aren't virgins, Min. That's why there's people to begin with.
~ Daniel Handler
Ok. So the yard is here. It's a football field. Don't call it a yard. Grass where people sit and hang out is a yard. We stole things here, but that doesn't make it a bank.
~ Daniel Handler
A girl's bag is an abandoned warehouse. Stupid people in horror movies are the only ones to venture in.
~ Daniel Handler
How many happy people do you think there are in the world? Twelve?
~ Daniel Handler
The chairs and tables stayed sticky, if you know what I mean. If you know what I mean there were five people inside the diner, plus a couple way off in the corner bickering together about something and the cook.
~ Daniel Handler
I hereby demand that all people who are good at math make the world free of illness.
~ Daniel Handler
how foolish I was ever to have thought that professors were intellectual giants. They're people—and afraid the rest of the world will find out.
~ Daniel Keyes
And how foolish I was ever to have thought that professors were intellectual giants. They're people—and afraid the rest of the world will find out.
~ Daniel Keyes
Look to the Bible for the answer. Ancient Jewish wisdom says, "Delight in serving other people." This is the best career advice you will ever get.
~ Daniel Lapin
If you care about your customers as people—if you like, appreciate, and desire to serve them—you will be rewarded.
~ Daniel Lapin
Since everything is an epitome of all things for all people, even memory or idea of a thing can surely bring about agitation because of the excitement of innumerable kinds of experiences like sound etc. lying subconsciously in the omnifarious mind.
~ Daniel Odier