Most near-future fictions are boring. It’s always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy. – Haruki Murakami
I’m inspired by anyone who’s honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum. – Gillian Zinser
When people approach you angrily, you take them very seriously, and, if you’re like me, with the faint suggestion that you can be angry too, and that you would like to know what the shooting is about. – Harry Stack Sullivan
Most filmmakers aren’t very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored. – Geoffrey Ward
You don’t know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don’t talk to you. There’s very little interaction. – Helmut Jahn
People in the United States are highly transient. Families move from state to state. So why do we take a full year – in some states, two years – to study state history? It takes time away from more important topics. – Heidi Hayes Jacobs
I have spent more than a decade trying to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people on earth, and they’ve taught me countless lessons. – Howard Graham Buffett
I train all the time and the weird thing is I’m in the gym with people between 20 and 25 years old and I look in the mirror and I look better than they do and they are young kids – either they haven’t trained hard enough or they aren’t serious enough. – Hulk Hogan
People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries. – Greg Rutherford
I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed. – Hedy Lamarr
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. – Herodotus
You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. People who feel like they’re being listened to feel accepted and appreciated. They feel like they’re being taken seriously and what they say really matters. – Harvey Mackay
Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That’s hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don’t have to trust anybody but themselves. – Herbie Hancock
People online will tell you what they really think – there’s no diplomacy. They’re honest; it’s good to have the feedback immediately. – Giuseppe Zanotti
You know, I was chubby when I was a little girl. And I have all those issues everyone else has. But I try not to. And I’ve learned over the years that it’s such a waste of time. And people like me whether I’m a little bit fatter or not. – Gwen Stefani
You always get one or two people that aren’t going to be saying nice things. It doesn’t really bother me, but you’re always going to get a few people like that. – Georgia Salpa
I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don’t like to tell you that. – Grace Slick
Illegal downloading, digital cheating, and cutting and pasting other people’s stuff may be easy, but that doesn’t make those activities right. – G. Hannelius
For music, unlike a $500 software program, people are paying a buck or two a song, and it’s those dollars and pennies that have to add up to pay for not just the cost of that song, but the investment in the next song. – Hilary Rosen
I’ll work to ensure that every single refugee who seeks asylum in the United States has a fair chance to tell his or her story. This is the least we can offer people fleeing persecution and devastation. – Hillary Clinton
I’ve always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. – Hugh Jackman
I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each generation. And it was like the Beatles themselves. You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along. – George Martin
America is the one rich country with the biggest slums, the least democratic and least developed health system, and the most niggardly attitude against its old people. – Gunnar Myrdal
The Edge… there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. – Hunter S. Thompson
I’m an 18-year-old boy, and I’m having fun. I’m just not having as much fun as people make out. – Harry Styles
