I view my strongest competition as myself. You’re always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing. – John C. Reilly
My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire. – John Hodgman
People ask me, do I ever disagree with my father? It would be a little strange if I didn’t. – Ivanka Trump
There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist movement never embraced something called social Darwinism. It didn’t exist. – Jonah Goldberg
The thing about a music career is that it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan – or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the ’80s like ‘Trans’ and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again? – Jeff Buckley
Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research. – Ike Skelton
All the satisfaction I need… comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That’s awesome. I love that. – Harry Connick, Jr.
Many people don’t know our famous ‘soup kitchen’ episode on Seinfeld was inspired by an actual soup restaurant off 8th Avenue in New York. – Jason Alexander
You don’t do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it. – Isabella Rossellini
My work unblocks people, and then I look at the work that they do, and I think, ‘My God, how could they not have known they were talented? How could they not have known?’ – Julia Cameron
Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances. – Iris Chang
I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy… I hate camp, I don’t enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores. – Joss Whedon
I would play my Dungeons and Dragons songs and watch people’s eyes glaze over, and then I would start joking around between songs, and all of a sudden people were lighting up and engaging. – J. Tillman
A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‘Jackie, are you scared?’ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman. – Jackie Chan
I’m an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30’s. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled. – Jack Nicholson
No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the same way. – Jock Sturges
There are certain vulnerabilities and insecurities that go along with not being linked to another person in a contractual way, even if it’s an unspoken contract. People in New York manage that pretty well. I prefer choice and desire over convention and limitation. – Jamie Johnson
Everything’s always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems. – Idina Menzel
Like most people in radio – and in magic – I’m not cool. I know people who are hip, and I can feel distance between them and me. – Ira Glass
The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet. – Jonathan Sacks
