Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

Great merit or great failings will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions, mere nothings, either done or neglected, will make you either liked or disliked, in the general run of the world. Examine yourself, why you like such and such people and dislike such and such others; and you will find that those different sentiments proceed from very slight causes.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

Other people's lives come at us without a backstory most of the time. The present is like that.

You meet people, and you're like, 'I don't know how I feel about you,' and someone does something surprising that changes your mind. We're interesting creatures; we're nuanced, complicated and layered, and we make all sorts of choices.

I've not been in a live-in relationship. But I've been exposed to various kinds of equations that can exist between people. When I came from Bangalore, it was black and white. Over the years, I've realised that there's more to what we see on a day-to-day basis. There are all kinds of relationships, all kinds of equations.

When our systematic knowledge of human expressive behavior is more advanced, it will be possible to study the literary and historical documents of the past and to determine the expressed and implied views of personality that determined the behavior of our ancestors.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

I'm very interested in what makes people tick; people are so weird and complicated.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

I think you can judge a man by the size of what offends him.

I think an office is just a microcosm of life and the different kinds of people that you will come across and interactions there, and I think if you all sit in a room together, then it gets a bit more intense and fun for people to watch, maybe.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.

Sarah Paulson is the most prepared and professional actor I've had the privilege of working with. I learned so much about preparation and attention to detail and speaking up when something is not right.

It is easier to treat people as objects to be manipulated if you have never learned any other way to see them.

I keep an open mind and try and make my opinions after I meet someone based on their actions toward me personally.

The majority of my life is spent doing nothing but godly things, especially when it comes to dealing with other people.

I guess I have an aversion to writing about big events and heroic actions. The everyday has always seemed most important to me in writing, probably because I believe people reveal themselves in how they deal with small details.

All the time, I'm watching relationships.

It is ironic that losing makes you more liked than winning.

Every time I travel, I'm in a rage until I reach my destination. I find myself shouting at suitcases, as if it's their fault that I'm an inefficient packer. I've also learnt that whenever you despair of humanity and start thinking that you hate people - as I frequently do - you only have to travel to realise that people are basically all right.

You learn a lot about people when you live together.

I was brought up by my father to think that the best thing in life was to be charming, to have a nice smile, always to be liked.

Psychology is simply great because it helps you better understand all kinds of people.

I'm interested in what makes people tick, how they think, what makes them behave the way they do.

I suppose you could say that I majored in men and minored in psychology.