I’m not bothered about what people say behind my back. I don’t need to know about it. I believe in living my life and doing my work. God will give you success. And even if He doesn’t, there’s a lesson to be learnt.
I don’t really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour.
I also often hear people say that the deck is stacked against them because of racism, sexism, or other oppressive ‘isms.’ But once you let go of the blame and excuses, you’ll see that you can alter your position on your own.
My head spins. One moment I’m told I’m too edgy, then people say I’m too angry, then that I show too much passion… make your minds up.
Some people say, I’d give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn’t. I didn’t enjoy being 30.
I go outside, and I’m wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, ‘What’s wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.’
People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves.
People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious – they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.
Don’t worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect.
When people say ‘You’re so beautiful’ it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I’d be a model.
A public figure cannot control what people say in open meetings.
A lot of people say I am serious, but I don’t think I am.
Some people say there was no jazz tenor before me. All I know is I just had a way of playing and I didn’t think in terms of any other instrument but the tenor.
When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.
A lot of people say I wouldn’t have a down day, but you look at the music and there’s real melancholy.
It’s funny, in some of the interviews I’ve seen that were done for the film, some people say things like, ‘Oh, I was never a very big Jim Woodring fan. I’ve never thought his work was that great.’
If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, ‘You are a lovely, beautiful person’, who isn’t going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself – or at least I do – to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that’s dangerous.
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
There’s a popular concept of ‘intelligence’ as book smarts, like calculus or chess, as opposed to, say, social skills. So people say that ‘it takes more than intelligence to succeed in human society.’ But social skills reside in the brain, not the kidneys.
For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn’t the art of photography but I don’t agree.
I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, I’m singing because I love it when people say to me, ‘Thank you.’ I thank them. It’s a marriage.
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
They are going to be playing Shaggy and Scooby-Doo for eons and eons, and they’re going to forget Casey Kasem – unless they happen to step on his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’ll be one of those guys people say, ‘Who’s that?’ about. And someone else will say, ‘He’s just some guy who used to be on the radio.’
I’ve learnt to not look that deeply into what people say as it’s mostly a reflection of themselves.
Now, I do come from a part of the country where the people say that the only thing in the middle of the road is a yellow line or roadkill.
People say sometimes that I’m distracted. I’m not distracted. I’m being smart. I’m capitalizing while the iron is hot. That’s why I’m trying to do movies. I do the podcast. I do a radio show. I work on FOX. I have a gym; I have a lot of things going on. That’s because when I’m done, I want to be set up.
Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It’s just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.
You can’t take people’s opinions personally. Usually what people say about it is a reflection of them own issues.
People say, ‘Pep won in Barca, but it was boring,’ or, ‘Pep won in Bayern, but it was boring.’ I understand that. But games won, goals scored, goals conceded, titles… sorry, guys, it was good!
Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do… but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.
People say I’m shrill and strident.
When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
When people say to me don’t the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don’t realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year it seems to take forever.
People say it’s a bit repetitive to say, ‘Oh oh oh oh oh oh,’ but you can’t translate the melody into words.
A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they’re right to some extent, in that the shows they’re putting out are all the same.
I’m just trying to grow. That’s one thing I told myself is, ‘Don’t worry about who people say is the best player.’
There are two different things: there’s grilling, and there’s barbecue. Grilling is when people say, ‘We’re going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.’ Barbecue is going low and slow.
I have had many Ashfield people say to me that they might not agree with my political views or my decisions but that they supported my right to be heard.
People say, ‘Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce.’ Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No. But everyone is healthy; we’re moving on with our lives.
People say all kinds of hurtful things, but I’ve learned to tune it out the best I can.
People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.
People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.
People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it’s assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.
When people say they don’t want a nanny state, they are, in fact, in a conflicted state of mind. On the one hand, they want to do whatever they want and not be stopped. On the other hand, if something goes wrong, they want to be rescued.
People say that the Beavis voice doesn’t sound like me or some other voices. Butt-Head I think sounds like me.
I’ve been working since I was 18. People say something every time I cut my hair. They wouldn’t say this to Dustin Hoffman.
People say, ‘You look like the girl who used to be on that show ‘Angel’ – they don’t actually think I’m her.
People say I’m controversial. But I think I lead a very balanced and normal life.
I’ve heard people say it looks as if I don’t care and I’ve certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don’t think I can change it. I know I’m working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn’t always look that way.
As a kid, I remember John Daly bombing it around St. Andrews in 1995 to win the British Open, and people say we are similar in a lot of ways.
People say you don’t need a father to be successful. I take offense to that.
I don’t know how many times I heard older people, and not just parents but just older people, say, ‘Oh, my God. Your generation is just totally nuts. You have no sense of what it was really like, when it was great.’ And every generation has that same feeling, you know?
Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they’ve had periods of great success. So I think it’s like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.
The thing about improvisation is that it’s not about what you say. It’s listening to what other people say. It’s about what you hear.
It’s just so weird that some people recognize me from TV and then other people say, ‘Get away from me, you drunk!’
People say I’ve had brushes with the law. That’s not true. I’ve had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.
People say, ‘He doesn’t want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.’ I do, of course I do, but I want to be a spokesperson for everyone. Ya know, straight people, gay people, bisexual. I don’t want it to be limited.
