The problem with the auto industry is layered upon the lack of consumer confidence. People are not buying cars. I don’t care whether they’re or American cars, or international cars. – Jennifer Granholm
I wasn’t a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys. – Joe Frazier
I was trying to create products to complement the pop-up blocker. All these people were giving me their credit cards. I figured I could sell them something else. – Jon Oringer
I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand – that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that is to bypass the thinking part of me and get to the more unconscious part, which is where all the good ideas seem to be. – Jennifer Egan
I can’t really write anything without knowing the ending. I don’t know how people do that. Even with my superhero stuff, I have to know at least where I want to take the characters and what the ending of my story with them will be. I just can’t structure stories or character arcs and stuff without knowing the endpoint. – Jeff Lemire
People worry about Twitter. Twitter is banal. It’s 140-character messages. By definition, you can hardly say anything profound. On the other hand, we communicate. And, sometimes, we communicate about things that are important. – James Gleick
I am not interested when people refer to a quarter or this year because the way I look at a country is what are its prospects over the next 20-30 years, and India’s are good. – Jamie Dimon
Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. – John Shelby Spong
I’m always a little worried when people have met me in person because I’m worried they’ll be disappointed. – Isabella Rossellini
I’m a great believer in the novelist being ‘on the scene,’ reporting, traveling, meeting all sorts of people. – John Gregory Dunne
I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don’t know quite how to get in because it’s how I’ve always felt. – Jason Robert Brown
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit. – John C. Maxwell
I think the audience know which films are aimed at their pocket, and which films are aimed at their soul. There are a lot of films out there made by people who are genuinely trying to make a change. – Josh Fox
Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing. – James Gleick
There are people who are born deaf and grow up deaf who don’t speak at all, and some of them have told me that they resent a little bit that I do speak. But, you know, I have to be myself. I have to do what I’m comfortable doing. – I. King Jordan
I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don’t expect it. – Jean Paul Gaultier
Being around people with whom you feel a connection, on many levels, not just a professional one, is very relaxing. Your ears are more open to someone who is not a cantankerous bastard. – Jacqueline Bisset
Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people’s desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms. – Ingrid Newkirk
I don’t understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it’s a mind-altering possibility. – Jeanette Winterson
Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt. – John Hench
Not surprisingly, most people feel most beautiful when they are involved in an act of service, or are doing something that makes them feel generous, connected, or seen by others. – Jacqueline Novogratz
Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don’t necessarily think they are bad. – Jason Alexander
I’m not very interested in people. I recognize it in myself – there is a basic indifference toward people. – Joan Didion
I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I’ve worked with. And I’ve worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work. – Ivan Reitman
People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn’t. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare. – Jo Brand
