People Quotes

People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.

~ Bryce Courtenay

I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?

~ Ian St. John

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

~ Robert Anthony

I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion.

~ Tobias Wolff

I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.

~ John Keegan

One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten graduation. I did, like, a Michael Jackson impersonation as, like, a five year old. I had the suit and blazer, the glove and the fedora, and I just performed a whole Michael Jackson song. I'm sure it was 'Smooth Criminal.'

~ Chance The Rapper

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.

~ Neil Simon

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

~ Thomas A. Edison

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

~ Indira Gandhi

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

~ Derek Jeter

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.

~ Evander Holyfield

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

~ Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

~ John D. Rockefeller

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect.

~ James Lafferty

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

~ Lee Iacocca

Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment.

~ Amy Jo Martin

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

~ George Carlin

We need to inspire and give each other confidence so that the work we do will be fruitful for the well-being of the people and the stability and security of the country.

~ Bhumibol Adulyadej

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

~ John D. Rockefeller

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. It's like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then they're just really wonderful people.

~ Tim Burton

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

~ William J. Clinton

I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.

~ Dakota Johnson

People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented. I was never the biggest. I was never the fastest. I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far.

~ Tiger Woods

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

~ Sam Ewing

Even in an organization that's doing something big and bold, there's the mundane, day-to-day execution work of keeping it going. But people need to stay connected to the boldness, to the vision, and stay plugged in to the main vein of the dream.

~ Peter Diamandis

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

~ Lebron James

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

~ Steve Wozniak

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

~ Fernando Flores

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

~ Robert Frost

Actually, I think my view is compatible with much of the work going on now in neuroscience and psychology, where people are studying the relationship of consciousness to neural and cognitive processes without really trying to reduce it to those processes.

~ David Chalmers

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

~ Calvin Coolidge

A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.

~ Jenson Button

Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.

~ Ricardo Semler

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

~ Robert Frost

A big part of filmmaking is gathering a group of people you can work with.

~ Lenny Abrahamson

As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people - I am ready to lead.

~ Donald Berwick

States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.

~ Corrine Brown

Unlike a lot of people, I don't feel powerless. I know I can do something. But anyone can do something, it's not about being special. It's about deciding to do it - to dive into work for peace and justice and care for everybody on the planet.

~ Patch Adams

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

~ Walter Gilbert

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

~ Calvin Coolidge