...racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at.
You can't be neutral on a moving train.
What determines each person's state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person.
I work myself into the ground. But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think?
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.
Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed.
I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.
Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances.
Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to.
In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property.
And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.
My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.
A parent's words maybe a little harsh and painful, but it will be their annoying redundant words of love and care that will mold us into a better person.
Everybody wants to be loved by everybody, and they'll do everything they can to be loved, including not be who they really are, from person to person.
Beautiful face doesn't makes your heart beautiful, But a beautiful heart always projects you as a beautiful person.
I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey's disabled uncle if I'm going to apologise for that.
What I've tried to do is combine both my personal experiences with scientific research. I like to cross the divide between the personal world and the scientific world.
When it is all said and done, in the final analysis, a person is only remembered by the impact he/she has had on another person’s life.
You know, I like to think that I'm a really strong, tough person, but I'm not. I'm a very, very needy person. I'm very insecure. I'm very impressionable.
When people are reading a book, it's a personal thing. They're reading it; it's in their own mind; it's in their own personal space when they're reading it.