People
- Sly Stone (born 1943), American musician and frontman for Sly & the Family Stone
- Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), American actor
- Sly Bailey (born 1962), British businesswoman, chief executive of Trinity Mirror, UK's largest newspaper publisher, and non-executive director of EMI
- Sly Dunbar (born 1952), Jamaican drummer
- Sylvain Grenier (born 1977), Canadian wrestler
- Harold Sly (1904-?), English professional association football player
- James Calvin Sly (1807-1864), Mormon pioneer, scout, settler and missionary
- Tony Sly (born 1970), American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of the punk rock band No Use for a Name
- William Sly (died 1608), Elizabethan actor and colleague of William Shakespeare
Read more about this topic: Sly
Famous quotes containing the word people:
“I read, with a kind of hopeless envy, histories and legends of people of our craft who “do not write for money.” It must be a pleasant experience to be able to cultivate so delicate a class of motives for the privilege of doing one’s best to express one’s thoughts to people who care for them. Personally, I have yet to breathe the ether of such a transcendent sphere. I am proud to say that I have always been a working woman, and always had to be ...”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)
“America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“I started off rapping for people just like myself, people who were in awe of wealth and flash. It was a conversation between me and them. But now most of those who buy my records are listening in on others’ conversation. They are the aural equivalent of voyeurs, thrilled at this crazy world that has nothing to do with their experience.”
—Ice-T [Tracy Marrow], U.S. rap musician. Observer (London, Oct. 27, 1991)