Home » People People 1 The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone. Victor Hugo People, Stone, Kings Add to Collection 2 The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised. Victor Hugo Strong, People, Rights Add to Collection 3 People do not lack strength; they lack will. Victor Hugo Strength, People, Will Add to Collection 4 It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. Victor Hugo Life, Wise, People Add to Collection 5 There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height. Victor Hugo Man, Greatness, People Add to Collection 6 Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Martin Luther King, Jr Good, People, Understanding Add to Collection 7 I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. Martin Luther King, Jr God, Mountain, People Add to Collection 8 Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself. Martin Luther King, Jr Freedom, People, Forever Add to Collection 9 Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling. Woodrow Wilson Free, Government, People Add to Collection 10 The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. Woodrow Wilson Leader, People Add to Collection 11 But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me! Willie Nelson People, Think Add to Collection 12 I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth. Willie Nelson Peace, Thinking, People Add to Collection 13 Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless. Willie Nelson Hurt, People, Gay Add to Collection 14 Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James People, Thinking, Think Add to Collection 15 Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. William James Sports, Wind, People Add to Collection 16 A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James Great, Thinking, People Add to Collection 17 You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. William Butler Yeats Truth, God, People Add to Collection 18 I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera. William Butler Yeats Beautiful, People, Remember Add to Collection 19 Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s. William Blake Money, Passion, People Add to Collection 20 I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. Will Smith People, Greatest, Want Add to Collection 21 For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie. Will Smith People, Nothing Add to Collection 22 Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses. Isabel Allende Good, People, Interesting Add to Collection 23 You couldn't find two people more different than my mother and I. There are a thousand things about me that she fought against. Isabel Allende Mother, People Add to Collection 24 If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't have the voices that are really interesting to me, of the people who are not sheltered by the big umbrella of the establishment. Isabel Allende Men, People Add to Collection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 next › last »
