People Quotes
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
Eckhart TolleEckhart Tolle So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
Peter DruckerPeter Drucker The average result has to be the average result. By definition, everybody can’t beat the market. As I always say, the iron rule of life is that only 20% of the people can be in the top fifth. That’s just the way it is.
Charlie MungerCharlie Munger How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
Khalil GibranKhalil Gibran People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
Iris MurdochIris Murdoch If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice A leader can never be happy until his people are happy.
Genghis KhanGenghis Khan People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. What’s better for us? Barack called to the people gathered in the room. Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?
Michelle ObamaMichelle Obama Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain Most people are perfectly afraid of silence.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings People can say what they want about me. But I’ve got a big heart and will keep going.
Tyson FuryTyson Fury The richest people in the world build networks. Everyone else is trained to look for work, that’s why there are two types of people today. Those who build their own dreams and those who build someone else dreams.
Robert KiyosakiRobert Kiyosaki