Quotes About People

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed. . . .

Some days one has no choice but to deal with Society's filth....Our world isn't getting any better--or cleaner Elizabeth. I don't know how people can treat one another the way they do. Or themselves, for that matter.

She likes the mystery of that changeover, those fifteen minutes of sundown when the streets and trees and people and parked cars are delicate and immediate, every sound and smell and movement amplified by the lowest light or the lightest darkness. Even a city that's broken and dirty can, in that time, be divine and intimate.

success is not guaranteed to well-intentioned decent people, nor necessarily denied to evil people.

the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs over adversity.

Two contrasting explanations suggest themselves: problems with the local people, or problems with the locally available wild plants.

A Maori conqueror explained, "We took possession…in accordance with our customs and we caught all the people.

Stories keep memories alive and people real to us.

Good advice rarely changes, while markets change constantly. The temptation to pander is almost irresistible. And while people need good advice, what they want is advice that sounds good.

The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning.

People don't change just because you know more about them.

Dragons, like four o'clock tea, crumpets, marmalade, and zip-up cardigans, are a peculiarity to the Ununited Kingdoms. They are fierce, fire-breathing creatures of great intelligence, dignity, and sensitivity who could and did converse on matters of great importance. But for all their intelligence, wit, and social graces, dragons still had one habit that made them impossible to ignore." "And that is?" "They liked to eat people.

Las premoniciones se cumplen porque la gente quiere que se cumplan. Un observador siempre cambia el resultadi de un acontecimiento; millines de observadores, como en este caso, lo garantizan.

at least this way I never get to be a nightwalker, lumbering around the Winter, eating beetles and curtains and people and stuff

Politics is just show business for ugly people.

And me?" Daphne prompted. "You go with Abe because you're the one who knows how to get a read on people based on their living spaces." "Oh, wow," Daphne said. "I get to play forensic designer." "I see a book and possibly a TV reality show in this," Madeline said. "Stick with me, kid." Daphne pushed herself up from the table. "I'm headed for the big time.

I make my living by identifying patterns of behavior and predicting people's actions. The fact that most folks don't change much over time is very good for my business.

that old energy in the caves, you know. People who spend

Grandma always said that people don't change, at least not way down deep inside where it counts.

For people of a certain age in this country, culture comes free of charge. It is thought they are too old to misuse it.

I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.

But so long as power remains by itself on one side, and enlightenment and wisdom isolated on the other, wise men will rarely think of great things, princes will more rarely carry out fine actions, and the people will continue to be vile, corrupt, and unhappy.

You surpise me, because people nearly always force you to ask, don't they?