Quotes on People

If there is nothing you can share with other people, try to be close to Things, they will not abandon you; and the nights are still here and the winds that move through the trees and across many lands; everything in the world of Things and animals is still filled with happening, which you can take part in.

I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.

I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.

The word 'yoga' means skill - skill to live your life, to manage your mind, to deal with your emotions, to be with people, to be in love and not let that love turn into hatred.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

One of the greatest things I fear is letting down my people. I wouldn't live with that type of conscience, of having let down my people after they've been brutalized for so long.

Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising.

It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.

People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.

How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all?

Being in charge isn't always about telling people what to do. Sometimes, it's about knowing when to step out of the way of people who know what they're doing. - Tam al'Thor

Positive and engaged brains are a company's greatest assets. More than time and even more than productivity, people must be happy.

When people ask me where my roots are, I look down at my feet, and I see the roots of my soul grasping the earth. They are here... in the Southwest... I still live in New Mexico.

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Biologically inspired materials could revolutionize materials science. People looking at spider silk and abalone shells are looking for new ways to make materials better, cheaper, and with less toxic byproducts.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

One of the greatest joys of leadership is assembling and knitting together teams of fantastic people.

People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself.

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.