People Quotes

Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.

~ Robin Williams

You just have to speak up. You just have to say, 'I would like to do this,' and it's amazing what people who listen can do for you.

~ Jim Parsons

I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.

~ Sally Struthers

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isn't. They want to shut other people up. They really don't understand the First Amendment.

~ Roger Ebert

I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people.

~ Rob Lowe

I don't think with any book you get used to people falling in love with the story. It's been incredible just to realize your books are being read. It's a pretty amazing feeling.

~ Jennifer Armentrout

I feel like I've lost so many amazing traits because I've listened to stupid people, ignorant people who are bullies.

~ Kylie Jenner

I was really lucky that, through my 20s, I got to work with some amazing people, and I tried to sit back and watch and learn.

~ James Badge Dale

It's amazing how easily people are led to fury and chaos. Unhappy people with guns are not going to make this country great.

~ Meryl Streep

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

~ Ben Stein

I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.

~ Amy Poehler

I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.

~ Dean Karnazes

I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'

~ Larry The Cable Guy

There's nothing nicer than getting a round of applause for turning up for work. It's amazing! You start work, and people clap. Do you know what I mean? And then they stand up and clap at the end.

~ James Corden

Television has changed. There's obviously the generic shows, but on HBO and AMC, there are some really great series, so I'm not closed off to television. If there's an amazing role with amazing people and a great story, I'd definitely be open to it.

~ Amanda Crew

People like to say how much they like stuff, but with 'The Sunset Tree,' people shared stories about what it meant for them. And that stuff's so humbling and amazing.

~ John Darnielle

When you are doing something neat, and you're doing it with neat people, and there is that convergence, something amazing will happen.

~ Rony Abovitz

So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes to bear, and something seems suddenly valuable and approved by an audience. It's amazing how people could pick up tons of films on the cheap, but they don't because they wait until everything is laid out for them.

~ Whit Stillman

Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.

~ Penn Jillette

Everybody in my family were great storytellers. My dad and his brothers would just go on and on; they could tell amazing stories. I think it was something to do with the Celtic, oral storytelling tradition. People very much had that propensity towards telling tales.

~ Irvine Welsh

It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its breaking point.

~ Henry Rollins

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

~ Bill Gates

Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

~ Bill Gates

I think Americans are weirdly puritanistic about psychopharmaceuticals. There are millions of people out there who would otherwise be dead or rocking by themselves in a corner who now lead full and normal lives because of amazing and wonderful scientific advances.

~ Douglas Coupland

It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.

~ Joel Osteen

The biggest thing I've learned from my dad is he's had adoring crowds of 8,000 at Berkeley, and 6,000 at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. That's an amazing feat to have people coming out in one of the most liberal universities and one of the most conservative.

~ Rand Paul

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, they've forgotten that, and they leave going, 'Wow - what an amazing play.'

~ Kevin Spacey

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them.

~ Zooey Deschanel

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

~ Jill Scott

There's something about small venues that's amazing for developing material. It's almost like you can not only hear people's response, but you can understand it. In bigger venues you lose that, but you gain this sense of camaraderie in the audience.

~ Mike Birbiglia

It's amazing people get so detached from what they eat and what they wear. No one has any contact with how things are made that are put in their body and put in their mouths and I just find it alarming that no one questions it.

~ Emma Watson

If poor people are spending their own money, it is amazing how fast they will figure out how to keep a lid on medical bills.

~ Rick Scott

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

~ Victoria Beckham

There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.

~ Kenneth Branagh

People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.

~ Christy Turlington

I'm excited about 'Luke Cage' with Michael Colter, who plays Luke Cage. I play the villain, Cottonmouth. It takes place in Harlem. It'll just be amazing for people to get to see an African-American superhero, which there weren't any when I was growing up.

~ Mahershala Ali

People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'

~ Felicity Jones

After every bath, I make sure to moisturize my entire body. I'm obsessed with Diptyque: people love their candles, but their body products are also amazing.

~ Priyanka Chopra

The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.

~ Kevin Bacon

My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, 'My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.'

~ Marc Jacobs