The quote is fine, but the attribution to "people" rather than an individual is frankly odd. Multiple people said that exact same quote? I believe one person on Twitter originated it.
If it has been retweeted then maybe it does make sense? And one person saying that isn't newsworthy, but many people backing it up is (slightly) more relevant.
It's just poor writing. Either you paraphrase what people are saying, or you cite someone specific.