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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Quote by Francis Bacon about devil, people

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation, people

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about law, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, people

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about journalism, police, doubt, word, public, people, contentment

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about burden, absolute, country, world, people

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Quote by Francis Bacon about wealth, happiness, people

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about nation, people, contentment

Acting is the work of two people. It's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

Quote by Victoria Abril about help, work, people, contentment

People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.

Quote by Victoria Abril about television, love, people

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

Quote by Francis Bacon about moral, judges, affair, people

A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they've said about me, I'm going to end up shooting myself in the foot.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about concentration, faith, end, people

Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about happiness, things, people

Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about bills, money, people, contentment

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

Quote by Dean Acheson about liberty, enemies, history, thinking, people

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about haven, people

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

Quote by Kenneth Peacock Tynan about actors, victims, bad luck, bad, work, world, good, good luck, people

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

Quote by Kathy Acker about dream, writing, use, people

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

Quote by Kathy Acker about nation, contentment, people

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writers, fiction, literature, people

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.

Quote by Kathy Acker about books, people