Giancarlo Esposito Quotes

How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.

I always say, 'People first, then money, then things.'

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'

I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take a bag of your old clothes to a thrift store, bring you cuttings and plant them in a window box, fill the bird feeder in your garden when you can't get out.

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.

People first, then money, then things.

I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.

When we talk about having a life of significance and meaning, it's not about fame or money or resources. It's about people and lives and hearts. That's my biggest passion in life.

You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.

During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by spending money on brightly coloured things we don't really need. We've stopped using our imaginations.

The great society is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.

In our culture, the people who have the most respect are not those who have the most material possessions or those who have accomplished the most. It is the people who have helped others the most.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

A lot of people are obsessed with their possessions, but that's not right. It's OK to own a lot of things as long as you're willing to share them.

The end of consumerism and accumulation is the beginning of the joy of living.

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.