The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public. - Ben Aaronovitch In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own Personal Legends. - Paulo Coelho Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities. - Tadao Ando The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. - Aristotle They have a certain gaiety to them, a power of invention, they don't care what people think. They have escaped, though what it is they've escaped from isn't cl...

I realized that life is so short: Why waste one minute of it worrying what other people think or say about you, or what score you got on some test? Why not believe what you want to believe, and do what you love? - Meg Cabot Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think. - Pope Benedict Xvi I'm not focused on what other people think of me. - Cate Blanchett I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation. - Usain Bolt If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people. - Craig Bruce I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. - Helena Bonham Carter As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think. - Nick Carter I kn...

I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's wonderful to have sexy appeal. If you embrace it, it can be a very beautiful thing. - Aaliyah When you're a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don't have a clue. - Willie Aames The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public. - Ben Aaronovitch It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening ...

You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know. - Joe Hill You think you know someone by looking at his face but what can one face say about the thousand thoughts behind those eyes. - Marianne Wiggins

When you think you know everything, it means that you actually know nothing. - Primadonna Angela I let the beast in too soon I don't know how to live without his hand on my throat. I fight him always and still. Oh, darling it's so sweet. You think you know how crazy, how crazy I am. - Fiona Apple Emma leaned over to where their faces were only inches apart. Since you think you know everything, tell me if you understand this. Have you ever wanted something so bad you think you'd die if you don't have it? That the mere thought of it keeps you up at night. You can't sleep, you can't eat, you can't drink. You are so consumed by that desire nothing else matters, and you're not sure life is worth living if you can't have it. - Katie Ashley You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know. - Oscar Wilde You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know'...

When you think you know everything, it means that you actually know nothing. - Primadonna Angela Emma leaned over to where their faces were only inches apart. Since you think you know everything, tell me if you understand this. Have you ever wanted something so bad you think you'd die if you don't have it? That the mere thought of it keeps you up at night. You can't sleep, you can't eat, you can't drink. You are so consumed by that desire nothing else matters, and you're not sure life is worth living if you can't have it. - Katie Ashley You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise. - Henning Mankell If you think you know everything; you know nothing. If you think you know nothing; you know something. - Jayce O Neal

I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing? - Ben Aaronovitch S'pose a man was to come to you and say Pollyvoo-franzy - what would you think? - Mark Twain The idea of you lynching anybody! It's amusing. The idea of you thinking you had pluck enough to lynch a man! Because you're brave enough to tar and feather poor friendless cast-out women that come along here, did that make you think you had grit enough to lay your hands on a man? Why, a man's safe in the hands of ten thousand of your kind - as long as it's day-time and you're not behind him. - Mark Twain Strange, isn't it,' mused Glokta as he watched him struggle for air. 'Big men, small men, thin men, fat men, clever men, stupid men, they all respond the same to a fist in the guts. One minute you think you're the most powerful man in the world. The next you can't even breathe by yourself. - Joe ...