- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
People Quotes
Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.
This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no.
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a comic, I've heard gunshots while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
You start realizing that maybe you're the one night a month that people have out, and they don't need to hear your political views or how dark you can get. They just want to laugh for an hour and go home. Once I wrapped my head around that, my act evolved accordingly.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That's the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That's what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there's always a role for the Everyman.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been touted for my guacamole. I'll stand by my method. People have asked me to come to their home and prepare it. Restaurants have asked me about it.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The rawness and the richness of music on vinyl almost went away, but it still seems to be on a lot of people's radar, and for good reason. It does something different than more accessible means of music playing, like MP3 players and downloads and whatnot. You get in front of these archaic contraptions that go 'round and 'round.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020