- Children
- |
- 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
- Drill
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than sitting down and, say, doing a reading drill when you're 3 or 4 years old.
- Disease
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When nobody read, dyslexia wasn't a problem. When most people had to hunt, a minor genetic variation in your ability to focus attention was hardly a problem, and may even have been an advantage. When most people have to make it through high school, the same variation can become a genuinely life-altering disease.
- Health
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Overall, female scientists have fewer resources than male scientists, just as poor people have less access to health care. But if you compare male and female scientists with identical resources, you find that the women are just as likely to be successful.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think privacy is important, and it's important you don't bore people with your own boring self.
- Never
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I've never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I've got.
- I Am
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I am preparing my 'lookalike' photographs, I think about the character of the real people, because, if the photographs are going to be plausible, you have to convince the viewer that they could have happened.
- Time
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Finding the perfect lookalike to work with is crucial and a lengthy process. We have our regulars, but we also use social media all the time to find people. It's amazing who you can unearth on Twitter.
- Person
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I go up to people and ask if I can use them in my photos. Occasionally it is the person in question, as happened with James Hewitt. How embarrassing. He just laughed and said, 'You can't afford me.'
- Camera
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Warhol was the ultimate voyeur, constantly observing people through the lens. He watched and listened, but did not participate. Behind the camera, Warhol was in control.
- Nice
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People are always very nice.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020