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People Quotes

Quotes about people, privacy, and human nature.

This page collects quotes touching on people in different senses - novelists describing how characters take on independent vitality, and technologists warning how easily people's movements and data can be tracked. It's a broader mix than a single theme, much like Like Quotes.

Oh yeah people recognize me, but the craziest thing? I mean I've had the normal autographs... but I had to sign a baby's carriage once. I thought that was weird, so yeah, I guess that's the craziest thing.

Quotes by Terrence J

You can't take people's opinions personally. Usually what people say about it is a reflection of them own issues.

Quotes by Terrence J

When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't make them laughable; it's something tender about them. As though in struggling to reach what's most personal about them they could only come...

Quotes by Terrence Malick

Young people have got to start their own theaters, really. All good theater is a kind of mom-and-pop operation. Start your own theater.

Quotes by Terrence McNally

With me, writing is 60% imagination, 30% people you know and 10% you don't know where it comes from.

Quotes by Terrence McNally

It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead.

Quotes by Terence Tao

Any abhorrent behavior is more interesting to me. I'm always amazed when somebody asks me, 'Why don't you write something about nice people?' Because nice people are boring, that's why.

Quotes by Terence Winter

People talk about the plots and what happened, and they see your tricks a mile away.

Quotes by Terence Winter

I mention my age because I find people in this country - women, not men, of course - women are so troubled by their age. There's a culture of youth, and it's a phony culture.

Quotes by Teresa Heinz

My only self-confidence and satisfaction comes from the people that I do meet; I have fondness for people. I mean, I like to hug. And I also like to be hugged.

Quotes by Teresa Heinz

I think people should be who they are. If someone is a great mother, or a great personal friend to their friends and just a loving person, that's all they should be, if that's what they want to be, 'cause...

Quotes by Teresa Heinz

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

Quotes by Tennessee Williams

I started home school around sixth grade, but I'd only done a couple of national commercials. I remember I had this Spalding commercial with Paul Pierce from the Celtics, and I used to go to school, and people made fun...

Quotes by Tequan Richmond

It takes two people to fight, and it takes two companies to sit down and figure it out and decide what network we're going to fight on, where we're going to fight, what the purses are going to be.

Quotes by Terence Crawford

When I started off with 'Dance India Dance,' even the TV show people thought it won't be accepted. But with the talent that the show received, I was able to personally tutor dancers to amalgamate contemporary dance moves on Bollywood...

Quotes by Terence Lewis

A lot of people only see me as villains.

Quotes by Terence Stamp

In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There were so many intellectual leaps. My character, Stick, is blind, but he can see better than most people. So I had trouble kind of finding...

Quotes by Terence Stamp

Getting off parole is like walking out them cells all over again. There was a lot of stuff I couldn't do when I was on parole. I had a curfew, couldn't go to certain cities, couldn't be around certain people,...

Quotes by Tee Grizzley

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "People" page?
This collection leans observational — quotes about how people behave, especially in a world of surveillance and data. You'll find lines about the trails people leave online, the explosion of tracking technology like cameras and DNA fingerprinting, and a blunt warning: "Without strong encryption, you will be spied on systematically by lots of people."
Are these quotes more about society than individuals?
Yes, largely. Rather than personal feelings, most of these quotes zoom out to comment on people as a group — how we're watched, tracked, and recognized automatically. If you want something warmer and more personal, Love quotes might be a better fit.
Why would someone want quotes about privacy and surveillance?
They're useful for starting a conversation or making a point — whether you're writing a caption about digital privacy or just want a sharp line that captures a modern anxiety. The encryption quote above works well for exactly that.
Is this page similar to <a href="/life-quotes">Life</a> quotes?
There's some overlap since both touch on big-picture ideas, but "People" is more specifically about how individuals behave and are observed within society, while Life quotes cast a wider net over existence in general.
What's a good way to use these quotes?
They work well as captions for posts about technology, privacy, or human behavior, or simply as food for thought. Pair them with something upbeat from Good quotes or Like quotes if you want to balance the tone of what you're sharing.

Several quotes here raise concerns about surveillance and encryption, a recurring subject among the public figures quoted. For more wide-ranging reflections, browse Good Quotes or Love Quotes.