People
- William Radcliffe Birt (1804–1881), British astronomer
- Birt Acres (1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer
- Fred Birt (1886–1956), Welsh rugby player
- Michael Birt (1932–2001), Australian academician
- John Birt (footballer) (born 1937)
- Charlie Birt (born 1942), Canadian politician
- John Birt, Baron Birt (born 1944), Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation 1992–2000
- Jill Birt (active 1983–present), keyboardist in Australian band The Triffids
- Liz Birt, attorney and lobbyist
- Suzanne Birt (born 1981), curler
- Travis Birt (born 1981), cricketer
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“Conventions, at the present moment, are really menaced. The most striking sign of this is that people are now making unconventionality a social virtue, instead of an unsocial vice. The switches have been opened, and the laden trains must take their chance of a destination.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)
“For them it’s out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time; to shed tears is weak and womanish, to be needy is degrading; to suffer defeat is a disgrace and hardly fitting for one who scarcely permits the greatest of kings to kiss the toes of his sacred feet; and finally, death is an unattractive prospect, and dying on a cross would be an ignominious end.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
“All people have a sense of pity.”
—Chinese proverb.
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