People Quotes
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"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are."
"I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That's why I'm constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning."
"Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
"Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear."
"I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with."
"One of my main regrets in life is giving considerable thought to inconsiderate people."
"I think the key indicator for wealth is not good grades, work ethic, or IQ. I believe it's relationships. Ask yourself two questions: How many people do I know, and how much ransom money could I get for each one?"
"People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little."
"It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book."
"People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up."
"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day."
"Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another?We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person's essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?"
"I think that we are like stars. Something happens to burst us open; but when we burst open and think we are dying; we’re actually turning into a supernova. And then when we look at ourselves again, we see that we’re suddenly more beautiful than we ever were before!"
"You know what I like most about people? Pets."
"Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?"
"I told her I'd wait forever for her, but that was before I found somebody else who'd give me a ride home."
"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that."
"The funniest people are the saddest ones"
"If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate."
"There are people who are generic. They make generic responses and they expect generic answers. They live inside a box and they think people who don't fit into their box are weird. But I'll tell you what, generic people are the weird people. They are like genetically-manipulated plants growing inside a laboratory, like indistinguishable faces, like droids. Like ignorance."
"A man's true character comes out when he's drunk."
"He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more."
"I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa"
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like."
"No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy."
"Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them."
"It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them."
"People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity, please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one. Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action."
"Before, I wanted to say: "I found love!"But now, I want to say: "I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him."
"من نمّ لك نمّ بك, ومن نقل إليك نقل عنك, ومن إذا أرضيته فقال ماليس فيك, كذلك إذا أغضبته قال فيك ماليس فيك."
محمد بن إدريس الشافعي
"Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell."
"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity."
"The most enjoyable book in the world is the phone book, because think of all the sex that went into creating the content."
"The reason many people in our society are miserable, sick, and highly stressed is because of an unhealthy attachment to things they have no control over."
"A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't be worth reading."
"I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things."
"The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever."
"I’ll be your Dostoevsky, if you’ll be my Tolstoy. Our life together will be so full of despair that death will be like a gulag full of joy."
"People tell me I look like my father. I've never seen my dad, so does that mean I look invisible?"
"We judge others instantly by their clothes, their cars, their appearance, their race, their education, their social status. The list is endless. What gets me is that most people decide who another person is before they have even spoken to them. What's even worse is that these same people decide who someone else is, and don't even know who they are themselves."
"The difference between you and everyone else, is everyone else. And that’s a lot, so you should feel special."
"When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."
"I always appear smarter when I dress up in my giant nipple costume. I know this because I'll overhear people say things like, 'At least he's not a complete boob."
"There is emotion in the hug, and there is respect and a form of love. Emotion that comes from honesty, respect that comes from challenge, and the form of love that exists between people whose minds have touched, whose hearts have touched, whose souls have touched. Our minds touched. Our hearts touched. Our souls touched.We separate."
"People don’t buy products—they buy people. It’s called slavery. I mean networking. It’s called networking."
"He said he came in second place, so I assumed there were only two competitors. But you never know with love, there may have been a third party involved."
"To become one who believes two become one, you need love in your life."
"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."
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