Funny Quotes About People - Page 4

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
        —William James quotes (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
        —Indira Gandhi quotes (Indian Politician and Prime Minister. 1917-1984)

Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.
        —Michael Korda quotes

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.
        —Thomas Sowell quotes (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
        —Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.
        —George Bernard Shaw quotes (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
        —Marcus Aurelius quotes (Roman emperor, best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy, AD 121-180)

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.
        —Blaise Pascal quotes (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Physicist, 1623-1662)

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.
        —Milan Kundera quotes (Czech Novelist, Playwright and Poet, b.1929)

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
        —Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)