"Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there."
Read quote
8 likes
People quotes
People
100.4K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to People
Browse quotes that often appear alongside people — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
People quotes (page 402 of 5018)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all!"
Read quote
8 likes
"Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous."
Read quote
8 likes
"Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were revealed before the veil was drawn away. Sometimes this was the effect of art, and chiefly of the art of literature, which dealt immediately with the passions and the intellect."
Read quote
8 likes
"Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them."
Read quote
8 likes
"Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people."
Read quote
8 likes
"I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says."
Read quote
8 likes
"A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes."
Read quote
8 likes
"There's what is on screen and then for us, it's if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work."
Read quote
8 likes
"What is basic guerilla strategy? Guerilla strategy must be based primarily on alertness, mobility, and attack. It must be adjusted to the enemy situation, the terrain, the existing lines of communication, the relative strengths, the weather, and the situation of the people."
Read quote
8 likes
"The Chinese people have stood up."
Read quote
8 likes
"I find that if I pray for the people I'm most angry with, my anger turns into something more redemptive."
Read quote
8 likes
"God is in charge, waiting for His people to challenge the rulers of the earth and take the steering wheel from them, ... the battle for the earth is currently going on."
Read quote
8 likes
"I pride myself in listening. When you have people paying attention to you, your biggest job is to listen what they want. Deliver what your community wants."
Read quote
8 likes
"I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me."
Read quote
8 likes
"If there were, say, only 10 percent of the hotels that exist now, there would be all these apartments for people who live in New York, as opposed to people visiting New York. And then all this junk in the theater, we would no longer need the kind of stuff that tourists like."
Read quote
8 likes
"Sometimes people come into your life for a season and other times for a lifetime."
Read quote
8 likes
"I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business."
Read quote
8 likes
"We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer."
Read quote
8 likes
"A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change."
Read quote
8 likes