People Quotes

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

~ Christina Aguilera

I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

~ Margaret Atwood

The last thing I ever wanted to get involved with is Hollywood. The way it works is that people get an idea you could possibly do something, but there's a one-in-a-hundred chance that it could get made.

~ Nick Cave

People are always asking for the latest developments in the unification of this theory with that theory, and they don't give us a chance to tell them anything about one of the theories that we know pretty well. They always want to know things that we don't know.

~ Richard P. Feynman

Not a lot of people get a second chance. And I think for a while there, my name kind of got in my way a bit, based on all of the television I was fortunate enough to do. But after a while, you sort of wear out your welcome in that genre, in that medium.

~ Jason Bateman

Most go to prison not on account of their irreducible uniqueness as people but because they are part of a marginalized sector of the population who never had a chance, who were slated for it early on.

~ Rachel Kushner

Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.

~ Sam Hunt

I continue to work on plays, but I've always felt that you could put a note in a bottle and send it offshore, and you'd have as much chance communicating with people.

~ Lewis Black

I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.

~ Ang Lee

I would like to visit with people who are so interesting and so... and there are so many wonderful people out there that I would love to have the chance to talk to for a longer time.

~ Janet Reno

I'm a great believer in giving people a chance.

~ Roger Ailes

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

~ David Hockney

Any spending should be debated openly on the floor of the House and voted on in open session, with the American people having a chance to watch and listen.

~ Marsha Blackburn

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

~ Adam Driver

I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that.

~ Mary Roach

And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it.

~ Novak Djokovic

Things happen to us in unpredictable ways, but the effect that that has on the kind of people who we become actually is not only open to chance - we can influence it in pretty profound ways.

~ Clayton M. Christensen

I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances.

~ Carmen Electra

When you see the same familiar faces, it's nice when you get a chance to play with the same musicians. You start to develop this shorthand so everybody knows where you're at and where you're going, but then again, there are always surprises. But the more people are comfortable with the material, the more free you can be with the music.

~ David Sanborn

I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.

~ S. Truett Cathy

I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that's the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film.

~ Morris Chestnut

For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes.

~ Eric Topol

People react differently to hearing 'Procedure X has a 70 percent chance of survival' and 'Procedure Y has a 30 percent chance of death.' Phrased that way, people flock to Procedure X, even though the numbers are the same.

~ Paul Kalanithi

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

~ Steven Curtis Chapman

I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know.

~ Krzysztof Kieślowski

People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.

~ Curtis Sliwa

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

~ Judith Hill

I learned the hard way that people are quick to judge, will jump at the chance of a cheap ego boost at another's expense.

~ Sharon Bolton

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

~ William Wells Brown

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.

~ Alphonse Karr

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

~ Christina Aguilera

Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.

~ Mary J. Blige

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

~ Delta Goodrem

I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.

~ Channing Tatum

I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.

~ Rachel Roy

There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.

~ John Clayton

I actually feel I'm in a much better place than I've ever been because I'm thankful people still love the songs that I've written, and they seem to like me. And they come to the shows in droves, and they get all excited, and I can still hit all the notes, and I don't look terrible.

~ Don Mclean

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

~ Yoko Ono

I'm happy and thankful that people are messing with the Dolla $ign.

~ Ty Dolla Sign

I found out that superstars Winkler and William Shatner are real people, and I was so thankful for that.

~ Terry Bradshaw