Public Quotes

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible.

By the same token, I think news has more and more of a pro bono aspect to all the networks. When we do our election coverages throughout this coming year, it's not a money-maker for us. It is more of a public service situation.

As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

What Americans can't face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during the Cold War was the fact that Nixon and Kissinger went on bombing despite public reaction.

Everybody in this public arena makes statements and gets interpreted different ways.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P networks is for illegal trading of owned goods. We claim part of the reason for P2P is for legal trading of what ought to be in public domain. And what is in public domain in many cases.

We can only take it so far, because man can only take it so far, lower self can only take it so far, and you have to realize that the public is only at a certain place.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.

I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation.

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.