Public Quotes
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It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public - that the economy is not very good.
Edward Lazear
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If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.
Frank Morrison Spillane
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We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.
Bernard Nathanson
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Dorothy had already done the centerfold, Miss August. She had already done parts in "Fantasy Island" and "Buck Rogers". Things were moving fast for her. I became very fond of her. She was handling her public visibility very well. She was maturing very fast for 19. But, to me, she was just a friend. Understand? Just a friend.
David Clennon
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If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stack in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division.
Socrates
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He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.
Francis Bacon
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Our board is not compensated and not staffed. We've never taken $1 in expenses. We look at this as public service.
Mallory Factor
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...the Indian public are weighed down by their problems, and becoming rather insular in their outlook because of their preoccupation with their own problems. We have to rouse them and make them conscious that we can progress only as a part of the world and as a part of Asia.
K. R. Narayanan
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There have been a couple of things I've been involved in launching that have been a bit more public, but I've always had other things tipping away in the background.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long to recover from the finale of 'The Bachelor.'
Conan O'Brien
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Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls.
Marcello Mastroianni
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How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had to be "sold" to the public in terms they could understand.
Nathan Huggins
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If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.
Linda Ronstadt
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I think what the public knows as 'Southern rock' will never be repeated.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd
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The public always picks quality.
Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
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It is essential that we understand people for who they are as individuals and not the public perception of them or their family and past.
Clement Freud
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If the weather continues to cooperate and the public continues to cooperate, this may end well for all of us, but the weather is unpredictable in these parts.
Zev Yaroslavsky
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We are showing how determined we are to crack down on the distress nuisance calls cause the public.
Alan Johnson
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A successful politician must not only be able to read the mood of the public, he must have the skill to get the public on his side. The public is moved by mood more than logic, by instinct more than reason, and that is something that every politician must make use of or guard against.
Jean Chretien
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Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.
Katharine Cornell
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Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to be always in office.
Aristotle
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
Pythagoras
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The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.
Oswald Chambers