Person Quotes

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

The portrait I do best is of the person I know best.

On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy.

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.

I am not political as a person.

There is no reason for anyone in this country, anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use a handgun... and the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.

I'm the first person in my family to play poker.

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

I'm easy driving, But I'm not a person who loves living pleasantly above all else. I'm not that way at all. I might think I'm that, but I'm not really that.

Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.

You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.

Well, I don't think I've necessarily ever been a passionate football player or a passionate person.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

Everything that happens to you, I feel like it helps you develop as a person, as a player.

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life.

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

The best governor in the world is the person who never really planned to be governor.

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet.