Quotes about People, page 8

CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about people

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public to hear interviews like this and that there will be an inevitable amount of fewer interviews if people that the press talks to wind up thinking, well, it's not really a CBS...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about people

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

Quote by Francis Bacon about 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 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 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 people

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about people

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 people

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

Quote by Francis Bacon about 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 people

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 people

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

Quote by Victoria Abril about people

There's nothing more human than two people making love.

Quote by Victoria Abril about 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 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 people

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

Quote by Kevin Bacon about 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 people

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 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 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 people