Public Quotes
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All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.
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Two temptations that impair the value of their work inevitably beset public men who write memoirs. One is a tendency to reconstruct the past to suit the present views and feelings of the writer; the other is a natual desire to set his own part in affairs in a pleasing light.
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Astronauts were not the impulsive daredevils so dear to the stereopticonloving public. They couldn't afford to be. The hazards of the profession required an infinite capacity for cautious, contemplative thought.
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If you're a public figure, and if you're working in the White House, you should expect everything you're saying in any context to be leaked.
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Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.
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Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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I'm very happy to come back. I've always had success here and the public is fantastic. I love you, Montreal.
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Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person that is temperate, industrious, just and valiant, and who uses all his virtues for the public good, it shows a great and lofty mind.
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It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion.
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The only difference is that, in the last 10 years, the public has been so affected by reality TV and the Internet. They really dwell on entertainers' misgivings.
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The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not for public trust.
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Regis has a great rapport with the American public.
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I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.
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I come from the showbiz side of things. As I say, my father was a tap dancer. You do everything you can to entertain the public.
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Why was the public so forgiving? Partly because everybody was still in love with the legacy of Steve Jobs, who was never the world’s most diplomatic guy (in fact, he may have invented Cheat 5 about pissing people off) but was somebody who never got accused of not giving a shit. People knew he lived and breathed his products, and in a world of depersonalized, manipulative commerce, that was exactly what it took to build brand loyalty, and in turn create the most golden of opportunities: the second chance. When you get a do-over on your screw-ups, you can almost always find the fix.
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I don't necessarily put on an act when I go on Jay Leno or dress differently in public than I do in private. I'd like to think I'm the same person, more or less.
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All of us here are servants of the reading public. I am the head of the servants and I must show that I know better than any of the servants where the materials are found. I want to show that our service here is efficient and that we are really working to serve.
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Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.
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Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!
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Socialism without public ownership is nothing but a fantastic apology.
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Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public?
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It has been my impression that at any gathering, whether it be public or private, those who are quickest to inject words like sensitivity, empathy, consensus, trust, confidentiality, and togetherness into their arguments have perverted these humanitarian words into power tools to get others to adapt to them.
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We have never stopped talking about adequate public facilities but there has never been anything concrete done.
