Humans By Brandon Quotes

#1. I'm trying to write a book based on myself, but i keep changing.

Brandon Stanton

#2. I've got 50,000 Facebook fans inside of Iran, and Facebook is banned in Iran. I think the people who follow 'Humans of New York' the most after New York City is Tehran. I have a really special affection for the Persian people because they've really taken to my work.

Brandon Stanton

#3. 'Humans of New York' wasn't the result of a fully finished idea that I thought of and then executed; it was an evolution. There were hundreds of tiny evolutions that came from me loving photography.

Brandon Stanton

#4. We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don't always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn't always reflect our beliefs ... We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become.

Brandon Mull

#5. I would just randomly blurt out things like, 'What if a man showed up today and was carrying an umbrella, but it wasn't raining?' Eventually, people started to call me weird.

Lynn Coady

#6. Humans can see the world as it is not. It is why your lies can be so strong. You are able to not admit that they are lies.

Brandon Sanderson

#7. The interviews have gotten much longer with 'Humans of New York.' When I was first starting, I was just photographing people. And then I went to just kind of including a quote or two. Now when I'm approaching somebody on the street, I'm spending about 30 to 45 minutes with them often.

Brandon Stanton

#8. I want to change the world but I don't know how.

Brandon Stanton

#9. When we were first offered a book deal prior to Avon's, they were trying to get us to change it from the first-person story into a how-to book, and they were offering us some decent money. My agent told me; 'you should really consider this'.

Kenny Loggins

#10. All the world does as it is supposed to, except for humans. Maybe that's why you so often want to kill each other.

Brandon Sanderson

#11. When my husband was dying, I said: Moe, how am I supposed to live without you? He told me: take the love you have for me and spread it around.

Brandon Stanton

#12. Jealousy. Depression. Love. They pretty much demonstrate the whole range of human emotion.

Brandon Stanton

#13. I think that even though some of the things on 'Humans of New York' are kind of very personal and very revealing, I think the discomfort with sharing that tends to be overwritten by the appreciation of being able to distill the experience of your life into a story and share it with other people.

Brandon Stanton

#14. Humans don't make sense."
"If you're only now learning that," Kaladin said, "then you haven't been paying attention.

Brandon Sanderson

#15. When I was young, a child never asked questions of his elders," Claire Deverill said.
"Was that before or after the First World War?" Matt asked.

Anthony Horowitz

#16. 'Humans of New York' is basically somebody walking up to absolute strangers on the street every day and, within minutes, talking with them about very personal things. Some things they haven't even told their best friends or family members.

Brandon Stanton

#17. Whenever you get a large body of work like 'Humans of New York,' a natural pathway becomes to put it between two covers. I wanted this to be a very nice keepsake. A lot of work went into it, and a lot of fans are attached to it.

Brandon Stanton

#18. When I meet somebody in the street who knows about 'Humans of New York,' a lot of times they might have a scripted answer, and that scripted answer is the first thing to come out of their mouth.

Brandon Stanton

#19. I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.

Jimmy Carr

#20. As we enter this election year, let's not forget the most important decision anyone can make-choosing Christ.

Franklin Graham

#21. When I first started 'Humans of New York,' I was writing short stories. There were about 50 of them. And, you know, they were a great part of the site, but the photography just started growing so fast that I didn't have time to make them anymore.

Brandon Stanton

#22. 'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up.

Brandon Stanton

#23. I've done commercial work for Amtrak. However, that was branded as Stanton. I stipulated at the very beginning that it was not going to involve 'Humans of New York,' that I wasn't going to promote it on 'Humans of New York.' So nobody who follows me really even knows that I did it.

Brandon Stanton

#24. The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.

Placido Domingo

#25. Every time I force myself to go outside something wonderful happens (Humans of New York photographed subject)

Brandon Stanton

#26. America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the other, we're being marketed makeup and clothing that obviously turns us into someone different.

Adora Svitak

#27. If you're a thief, don't complain about being robbed.

Brandon Stanton

#28. Some people are proud of their humility.

Henry Ward Beecher

#29. Eva, I recognize your confusion. It is not always easy to understand another's spirit, especially if you do not know where to look -Rovender

Tony DiTerlizzi

#30. Follow your heart, but use your mind as the navigator.

Anarie Brady

#31. I am interviewing people with a spirit of genuine interest and compassion, and therefore, the general tone of the site is one of genuine interest and compassion. The moment that culture changes, 'Humans of New York' is no longer viable.

Brandon Stanton

#32. A small tree with large roots will last longer than a large tree with small roots.

Matshona Dhliwayo