In Person Quotes

#1. The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors.

Anton Seidl

#2. I don't mind being introduced to people's skeletons firsthand, in person. I more than don't mind it. I prefer to reach right into the closet and shake their bony hands and say hello for myself.

Emery Lord

#3. He's like a little kid finally getting to play with his pen pal in person.

Melissa Tagg

#4. You know, I'm just a very boring, not very funny person in person. I don't feel pressured to be otherwise.

Lorrie Moore

#5. Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.

Buffalo Bill

#6. In person, George Clooney lives up to all your expectations.

Mariella Frostrup

#7. The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person, or by representation.

James Otis

#8. I believe in person to person. Every person is Christ to me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment.

Mother Teresa

#9. She understands all at once, with a small shock, exactly what it is she always needed to tell Harland: being there in person is not the same as watching. You might see things better on television, but you'll never know if you were alive or dead while you watched.

Barbara Kingsolver

#10. Some encounter me in person, know I am a writer, and don't trust the value of my words. Some encounter my books, know me later, and don't trust the value of my friendship. Both doubt themselves.

Robin Sacredfire

#11. Sometimes I can't draw or take a picture of something, though, if the color is a certain way and the only way to see it is to see it in person.

Jason Polan

#12. If I was going to make her cry, I wanted it to be in person so I could watch.

Teresa Mummert

#13. Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?'

Jose Antonio Vargas

#14. I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.

Felicity Huffman

#15. Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

Derek Luke

#16. If we meet in person, then you can't call me Ghost anymore. I won't be a ghost. I'll be real.

Jessica Love

#17. You can limit the number of invitations to an in-person fashion show, but you can't police the Internet.

Erin McKean

#18. Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.

Natasha Trethewey

#19. The process of establishing the identity of passport applicants needs to be strengthened by introducing a requirement for some applicants to attend a passport office in person.

Des Browne

#20. When I meet viewers in person, it always seems to be entire family units.

Rosanna Pansino

#21. The press always ends up being much nicer than I expect. A lot of times they say something snarky about you, but then you meet them in person and they couldn't be nicer.

Josh Schwartz

#22. In person, George W. Bush is extremely forceful. He has a restless energy when he sits in a chair, and nearly leaps out of it when making certain points.

Rich Lowry

#23. The rumors about me being with Jamal Lewis, Adam Carolla and Tiki Barber are absolutely false. I've never even met Adam or Tiki Barber in person'we did phone interviews. What happens is that a lot of high-profile men saw topless photos of me.

Kola Boof

#24. The characters in Person of Interest are unique in incredible way.

Deyth Banger

#25. On stage and in person, I think I am nice, thoughtful, and empathetic. But for some reason when I'm online, I become super aggressive and unhinged. I should probably get off of Twitter and see a therapist.

Joe Mande

#26. I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! It's just that in person, I'm not quite the way I am on paper.

Mary Roach

#27. If you set the attractiveness bar really low, people have to compliment you on your looks when they meet you in person. I'm pretty much a genius. I'm actually applying to work at the Genius Bar based on this trick.

Megan Amram

#28. The scriptures are in print what Christ is in person.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#29. Going vegan was a little tougher for me. The final push came from watching Gary Yourofsky's lecture at Georgia Tech in person. The video is now on YouTube. I constantly show it to people interested in learning about why I choose to live the way I do.

Andy Lally

#30. When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.

Joan Blades

#31. I'm not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.

Dave Franco

#32. Marry your offline and online systems. So when you meet someone in person, make sure to connect with them online, too!

Lisa A. Mininni

#33. Like any traveler, I'm always looking for those experiences that are almost unique to any place, and watching films around Alaska of the skies in winter made me want to taste those unworldly showers of light in person.

Pico Iyer

#34. Fan mail is one thing, but fans you meet in person are a different matter entirely.

Audrey Meadows

#35. A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.

Sam Yagan

#36. I'm even taller in person, because photographs shrink you down and steal your soul native american.

Thom Yorke

#37. Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.

Brene Brown

#38. Religion does not define God's character God reveals it to us in His word and in person, in His Son Jesus Christ.

Jonah Books

#39. He just happens to be even more beautiful in person than on Twitter, and screw this- he's totally from Saturn. Earthlings don't look like this.

Nikki Godwin

#40. But I want to stay here. (Jeff)
And people in hell want ice water and if you don't go to the boat, you'll probably be able to take it to them in person in about twenty minutes. (Rafael)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#41. Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn't just want to sit on paper, that something about it demands it be heard out loud or witnessed in person.

Sarah Kay

#42. If we had not been dealing with the devil in person, we could have saved Algeria.

Georges Bidault

#43. If you'd blush saying something in person, don't write it.

Jonathan Price

#44. The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical distance that required correspondence, meaning that feelings only implied in person had to be explicitly expressed.

John Taliaferro

#45. I'd hate to meet one of those thriller writers in person.

Blake Crouch

#46. Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won't consider reading books in hardcover.

Christina Baker Kline

#47. A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

James Madison

#48. The fact that I'm still constantly smiling is a remarkable thing, but I love getting out on the road, meeting my fans. I love hearing them say wonderful things and I love being able to thank them in person for reading me.

Steven Tyler

#49. The forcible writer stands bodily behind his words with his experiences. He does not make books out of books, but he has been there in person.

Henry David Thoreau

#50. Oh my dear! No matter where you are, I will be with you either in person or in my heart.

Debasish Mridha

#51. I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that.

Julie Walters

#52. I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the apostles said he did, and begat the Saviour of the world; for he is the ONLY-begotten of the Father, which could not be if the Father did not actually beget him in person ... I believe the Father came down in His tabernacle and begat Jesus Christ.

Brigham Young

#53. I had so identified myself with Rebecca that my own dull self did not exist, had never come to Manderley. I had gone back in thought and in person to the days that were gone.

Daphne Du Maurier

#54. Lox found it was not just his feet, it was his physical body. The offender in person, testifying against the lying of his soul...the body isn't a willing accomplice.

Rolf And Ranger

#55. My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

Bob Dylan

#56. This is what e-mail is: either a cowardly way for people to ask favors of you that they would never ask in person, or a way for people to pretend they are having a friendship with you when they really are not.

Dean Bakopoulos

#57. The serious poet should seek to explore the 'sources' of these global nightmares-and to explore them not just in poetry, but in person. Poetry is a terminal activity, taking place out near the end of things.

John Berryman

#58. The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person.

Jon Favreau

#59. While face-to-face is just as important as it ever was, now that we've got all kinds of new tools, let us tighten bonds in between those in-person moments.

Chris Brogan

#60. The great thing about novels is that you can be as unshy as you want to be. I'm very polite in person. I don't want to talk about startling or upsetting things with people.

Nicholson Baker

#61. I'm very reactive, I think. I'm down to throw down with people. Online, of course. Not in person.

Harris Wittels

#62. You broke her heart in person - you fix it in person!

R.J. Gonzales

#63. It's amazing when you see something on T.V. for years and then you go and see it in person. It's perspective is all different.

Rush Limbaugh

#64. I've admired Anthony Hopkins for so long, and when I finally got to meet him in person, I became totally immobile and speechless! I stood there looking at him and couldn't say a word.

Bryce Dallas Howard

#65. Be it further understood that all mortals who would receive the Dark Gifts should be beautiful in person so that the insult to God might be greater when the Dark Trick is done. Three

Anne Rice

#66. (Bonus points if the presentation is already available via a TED Talk, and they still asked you to perform in person.)

Anonymous

#67. He's more handsome in person," Free said. "He's alright if you go for the Hollywood type. I'm more into the rugged look, myself." Tech grinned, noticing Steele's smile as he kept his eyes forward while they walked.

A.E. Via

#68. Now I see that all relationships are virtual, even those that take place in person. Whether we use our bodies or a keyboard, it all comes down to two minds crying out from their solitude.

Roger Ebert

#69. Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

Christie Brinkley

#70. You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and the taste of your blood.

Ian Mortimer

#71. Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same.

John Andreas Widtsoe

#72. i have known you
since the beginning
of time

the one
i have loved always
in spirit.

only just discovered
in person.

Sanober Khan

#73. I hate dainty minds,' answered Marjorie. 'But a girl has to be dainty in person. If she looks like a million dollars she can talk about Russia, ping-pong, or the League of Nations and get away with it.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#74. Hearing Andres Segovia in person was quite a revelation ... It was a knockout ...

Julian Bream

#75. My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.

Quvenzhane Wallis

#76. Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

Hosea Ballou

#77. I thought he was an angel in black clothes, but in fact, he is the demon in person,"
~Emily

Pet Torres

#78. I'm now more about romantic beauty. The dominatrix thing is over. You never look as good in person as you do in 'Maxim,' but it's fun. It's all like a fantasy.

Julianna Guill

#79. The snide little fucker actually paid you a visit in person?


~ Her Demonic Angel ~

Felicity Heaton

#80. TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.

Daniel Quinn

#81. Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent I can do it. I can talk with death in person because I am a clown. Yes. And I am proud to be a clown - very much.

Roberto Benigni

#82. In person I am everything and more. I'm everywhere these other niggas never been before.

Drake

#83. It's no secret that big institutional investors have a lot of advantages on Wall Street. They get the first chance to buy hot initial public offerings. They get to meet in person with companies' managements.

Alex Berenson

#84. Who wants to talk on the phone? If you want to talk to me, text me. Or if we must, let's meet in person.

Douglas Coupland

#85. Who was it recently invented some machine that will enable her to sign a book from 5,000 miles away? Margaret Atwood. Get off your arse, love, and sign it in person. Publishers and circumstance made you a bestselling author. Give a little back.

Nicholas Royle

#86. I want to meet Denzel Washington when I go to the Oscars. Every man wants to see Halle Berry in person. And, you know, Dolly Parton ... I wouldn't mind seeing Dolly Parton. She's from Tennessee, I'm from Tennessee.

Juicy J

#87. You know you'd rather read about me than experience me in person. Why pretend?

Jonathan Franzen

#88. I had to work hard and hit the books because the opportunity to play in the NFL is not really that big, so I knew I needed something to fall back on. That's the message I want to send to those kids when I talk to them in person and let them know the most important thing is getting your education.

Jerry Rice

#89. I can't think of a performer who is better on television than in person.

Mark Russell

#90. Once I saw Tamala Jones in person, I was like, 'I gotta put my lips on her!'

Jon Huertas

#91. The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that God is one in essence and three in person, so He is one in one sense and three in another sense, and that does not violate the categories of rational thought or the law of non-contradiction.

R.C. Sproul

#92. I've been told that I am "better in the room" and prettier in person.

Amy Poehler

#93. One of the principal rules of religion is, to lose no occasion of serving God. And, since he is invisible to our eyes, we are to serve him in our neighbour; which he receives as if done to himself in person, standing visibly before us.

John Wesley

#94. You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

Mel Brooks

#95. My mom insists that my friendships online aren't real. She says that until you meet someone in person, you don't really know them. I don't agree,

Daniel H. Wilson

#96. One spoke to him in person, or one did not speak to him at all.

Timothy Zahn

#97. For 3 million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person. (on Margaret Thatcher)

Frankie Boyle

#98. Work-home-work-home, that's being an actor. Being a rock star? I get to travel the world, meet all the fans in person, party with my fans every night, and people who appreciate the art.

Mitchel Musso

#99. Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it.

Gautama Buddha

#100. The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.

Benny Anderson