People Quotes

The odds are against getting even with people because the odds are they’ll get even with you.

The public! How many fools does it take to make a public?

Your people, sir, is nothing but a great beast.

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my father’s house to believe in democracy. “Trust the people” – that was his message.

People could make the world a nice place to live… if there weren’t so goddamn many of them.

In the lower animals we see Nature’s plan that parents should feel great concern for their young. It is this same spirit of love in human beings that draws them to live together and to help one another. People are all plainly born to be fair and just.

You (the people) are a many-headed beast.

There are two types of people – those who come into a room and say, ‘Well, here I am!’ and those who come in and say, ‘Ah, there you are.’

I like people who keep me on my toes, so I like to keep people on their toes as well. I don’t like to think that I go through life terrifying everybody I meet, but it can lighten up an evening sometimes.

The multitude is always in the wrong.