Quotes 961 till 980 of 1547.
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People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his disgusts, his tone of voice? It is like trying to bring back the weather of that time.
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People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.
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People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.
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People say, 'Weren't you deprived of your childhood?' No way. I would not take anything back at all. Everything about it was great. I got to go places, meet people, play baseball against older kids and better competition. I had a great time.
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People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.
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People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
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People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
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Periodically, at the end of a conversation, someone will ask me, 'Is there something I can do for you?' I used to answer with 'Do something that is helpful to something or someone in my world.'
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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
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Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight.
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.
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Poetry is my cheap means of transportation. By the end of the poem the reader should be in a different place from where he started. I would like him to be slightly disoriented at the end, like I drove him outside of town at night and dropped him off in a cornfield.
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Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the economic mess they created and putting people back to work.
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Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
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