People quotes

People

100.4K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

100.4K quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside people — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

Quote collection

People quotes (page 149 of 5018)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Paulo Coelho Writer
People

"A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest."

Read quote 22 likes
Pharrell Williams Musician, Producer
People

"There are tons of people who have made great music, great art, great whatever, but you don't know about them until the people lift you to a certain height so that you could even be visible and get any kind of recognition."

Read quote 22 likes
Epictetus Philosopher
People

"It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We do a better service to ourselves and others by remaining detached and avoiding melodramatic reactions."

Read quote 22 likes
Etta James Singer
People

"See, I don't like places where people can't dance - don't like clubs or theatres where a bunch of bourgeois people sit around tip, tip, tipping their fingers."

Read quote 22 likes
Daniel Kahneman Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
People

"People's mood is really determined primarily by their genetic make-up and personality, and in the second place by their immediate context, and only in the third and fourth place by worries and concerns and other things like that."

Read quote 22 likes
Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
People

"I've never been able to understand the seriousness of it all, the seriousness of pride. People talk, act, live as if they're never going to die. And what do they leave behind? Nothing. Nothing but a mask."

Read quote 22 likes
Albert Einstein Physicist
People

"There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics."

Read quote 22 likes
Anne Lamott Author, Essayist
People

"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."

Read quote 22 likes
Ava Gardner Actress
People

"I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years."

Read quote 22 likes