Some People Quotes (page 7)

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• party
• wishes
• saying

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one. Jim Hightower

• be yourself
• soul
• saying

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul. Alice Hoffman

• disappointment
• power
• greatness

Some people have inspired whole countries to great deeds because of the power of their vision. And so could he. Not because he dreams about marching hordes, or world domination, or an empire of a thousand years. Just because he thinks that everyone’s really decent underneath and would get along just fine if only they made the effort, and he believes that so strongly it burns like a flame which is bigger than he is. He’s got a dream and we’re all part of it, so that it shapes the world around... Terry Prachett

• humanity
• enough
• making

Some people don't really know enough to make a pronouncement of doom on a human being. Norman Cousins

• thinking
• brain
• brainly

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think? L. Frank Baum

• good
• god
• believe

Some people will tell you that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba… Hunter S. Thompson

• purpose
• good
• thinking

Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are introducing something far too common for a discussion of art. Why should art have a purpose and a use? Art shouldn't be concerned with purpose and reason and need, they say. These are improper. But from the very beginning, it seems to me, stories have indeed been meant to be enjoyed, to appeal to that part of us which enjoys good form and good shape and good sound. Chinua Achebe

• greatness
• poetry
• tea

Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. Ralph Waldo Emerson

• communication
• knowledge
• universe

Some people react physically to the magic of poetry, to the moments, that is, of authentic revelation, of the communication, the sharing, at its highest level...A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape and significance of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him. Dylan Thomas

• fall
• hard
• some

Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep. Saul Bellow

• picture
• great
• greatness

Some people need a picture. Any great religion has to be inclusive. And to be inclusive you have to accommodate different levels of sophistication. Jeffrey Eugenides

• love
• long love
• saying

Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told. Paul Simon

• personality
• thinking
• him

Some people spend their entire lives thinking about one particular famous person. They pick one person who's famous, and they dwell on him or her. They devote almost their entire consciousness to thinking about this person they've never even met, or maybe met once. If you ask any famous person about the kind of mail they get, you'll find that almost every one of them has at least one person who's obsessed with them and writes constantly. It feels so strange to think that someone is spending... Andy Warhol

• life
• death
• life death

Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death. Don DeLillo

• writing
• library
• some

Some people write letters, in the library. Margaret Atwood