Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes. – Herb Alpert
The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news – politicians, journalists and celebrities. – Helen Fisher
One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don’t know they’re racist. – Hal Holbrook
It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them. – Godfrey Reggio
Good grief, we’re getting offended by everything these days! People can’t say anything without offending somebody. – Hillary Clinton
Well, I know that I’ll never forget that, but also I won’t forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during that World Series. There wasn’t a single nasty message. Everybody tried to say something nice. – Gil Hodges
A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren’t ‘plug-and-play.’ The invisible part is the social skill necessary to use them. – Howard Rheingold
Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves. – Harold S. Geneen
I think the number one safe haven where people put their money is to invest in yourself first. – Hill Harper
This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours. – Harry Reid
It’s better to have done because then you know what the player is going through and you understand the pressure, but then on the other hand I know a lot of people that were good players but not good coaches, and vice versa. – Guy Forget
Star Trek wouldn’t die. There were a whole lot of young people who were touched by the thought process of science fiction. If you watched a cop show, there wasn’t anything that was going to stimulate your mind. – Gary Lockwood
To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner. – Holly Near
Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney’s sprawl, but nobody does anything about it. – Harry Seidler
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. – H. L. Mencken
No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Fight Club is a studio pic, and I’ve done very few of those. I’ve got a feeling it’s going to change things for me. – Helena Bonham Carter
There are some people in politics and in the press who can’t be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that’s regrettable. – Hillary Clinton
I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee… and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe. – Gavyn Davies
Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end. – Graeme Le Saux
I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they’re missing the key element. – Herb Ritts
I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them. – Hillary Clinton
It’s hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don’t seem to want to talk about music, it’s all marketing, and that’s part of a record, you gotta get it out there, people have gotta hear it, but you could do it in a way that’s not repulsive. – Henry Rollins
When people really understand the Big Bang and the whole sweep of the evolution of the universe, it will be clear that humans are fairly insignificant. – George Smoot
A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters. – Haley Lu Richardson
You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime. – Glenn Hoddle
People sometimes forget how important Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow. – Hunter Parrish
World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world. – George Schultz
It’s been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West! – Greg Bear
People have started to see that ‘smart on crime’ rather than ‘tough on crime’ makes sense. – Greg Boyle
