“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
Manche Menschen können den Regen spüren. Andere werden nur nass.
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Englische Zitate über menschen
Beste englische zitate über menschen
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
Ruhige Leute haben den lautesten Verstand.
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
Wie andere Menschen dich behandeln, ist ihr Karma, wie du reagierst, ist deins.
Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer
“Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
Also: "Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner" <br class="br">Also: "If you care what people think, you will always be their prisoner" <br class="br">Appears in Stephen Mitchell's rendering into English http://terebess.hu/english/tao/mitchell.html#Kap09 of Tao Te Ching chapter 9; but this is an interpretation of Mitchell's which does not appear in the original text or other recognized English translations. Repeated without attribution in Gilliland, Hide Your Goat https://books.google.com/books?id=ziJQdUzCgTIC&pg=PT98&dq=Care+what+other+think+%22you+will+always+be%22+their+prisoner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBGoVChMIpsbNzO69yAIVCU2ICh0mXwIE#v=onepage&q=Care%20what%20other%20think%20%22you%20will%20always%20be%22%20their%20prisoner&f=false, a positive thinking book published in 2013. <br class="br">Misattributed
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“The funniest people are the saddest ones”
Die lustigsten Leute sind die traurigsten.
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
Glück bei intelligenten Menschen ist das Unüblichste, mit dem ich je begegnet bin.
Ernest Hemingway buch The Garden of Eden
Marita in Ch. 11
Quelle: The Garden of Eden (1986)
“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
Seien Sie weniger neugierig auf Menschen und mehr neugierig auf Ideen.
Marie Curie (1867–1934) French-Polish physicist and chemist
Response to a reporter seeking an interview during a vacation with her husband in Brittany, who mistaking her for a housekeeper, asked her if there was anything confidential she could recount, as quoted in Living Adventures in Science (1972), by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas
This is stated to be a declaration she often made to reporters, in Madame Curie : A Biography (1937) by Eve Curie Labouisse, as translated by Vincent Sheean, p. 222
Variante: In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
Ich trinke, um andere Menschen interessanter zu machen.
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
Bücher sind für Leute, die sich wünschen, woanders zu sein.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Tough times never last, but tough people do. ”
Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American television evangelist
“We're actors — we're the opposite of people!”
Tom Stoppard buch Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Quelle: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“Angry people are not always wise.”
Wütende Menschen sind nicht immer weise.
Jane Austen buch Stolz und Vorurteil
Quelle: Pride and Prejudice
“Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75.”
Die meisten Menschen sterben mit 25 Jahren und werden erst begraben, wenn sie 75 sind.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”
Nur langweilige Menschen sind beim Frühstück brillant.
Oscar Wilde Ein idealer Gatte
Mrs Chevely, Act I
An Ideal Husband (1895)
“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
Diejenigen, die das Schlechte in Menschen suchen, werden es mit Sicherheit finden.
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read.”
"Klassik." Ein Buch, das gelobt und nicht gelesen wird.
Mark Twain buch Following the Equator
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. XXV
Following the Equator (1897)
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”
Crazy Horse (1840–1877) Oglala Sioux chief
As quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) by Dee Brown, Ch. 12
“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.”
Im Himmel fehlen alle interessanten Menschen.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“There are people who have money and people who are rich.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
Das Böse beginnt, wenn Sie anfangen, Menschen als Dinge zu behandeln.
Terry Pratchett buch Das Mitternachtskleid
Variante: And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.
Quelle: I Shall Wear Midnight
“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
“Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.”
Emily Brontë buch Sturmhöhe
Nelly Dean (Ch. VII).
Wuthering Heights (1847)
“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
Ach, wie gut ist es doch, unter lesenden Menschen zu sein.
Rainer Maria Rilke buch Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
Quelle: The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
“People won’t share or play fair if you hit them.”
Robert Fulghum buch All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Kontext: A six-year-old will not understand that “By and large it has been demonstrated that violence is counterproductive to the constructive interaction of persons and societies.” True. But a child can better understand that the rule out in the world and in the school is the same: Don’t hit people. Bad things happen. The child must understand this rule is connected to the first rule: People won’t share or play fair if you hit them.
“To lead people walk behind them.”
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
“People like you to be something, preferably what they are.”
Menschen möchten, dass Sie etwas sind, am liebsten das, was sie sind.
John Steinbeck buch East of Eden
Quelle: East of Eden
“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine (1934) American actress
Don't Fall Off the Mountain http://books.google.com/books?id=f6yc35pUhEwC&q=%22The+more+I+traveled+the+more+I+realized+that+fear+makes+strangers+of+people+who+should+be+friends%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage (1970) <br class="br">Variante: The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.
“People do not lack strength, they lack will.”
Den Menschen fehlt nicht die Kraft. Es fehlt ihnen der Wille.
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
“Always be smarter than the people who hire you.”
Lena Horne (1917–2010) American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer
“Hell is—other people!”
Die Hölle, das sind die anderen.
Jean Paul Sartre Geschlossene Gesellschaft
Variante: Hell is others.
Quelle: No Exit
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
Gravitation ist nicht verantwortlich für Menschen, die sich verlieben.
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variante: You can't blame gravity for falling in love.