Public Quotes

Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston.

The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted to a shadow state.

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do!

The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.

We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure.

I just like being a social experiment sometimes. I really should not be allowed in public. But I just go out into the public just to see people's reaction.

President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal.

If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.

I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.

An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance party line in our neighborhood, so you could listen to all your neighbors' phone calls. We had a very small public library, and the nearest bookstore was an hour away.

The public's got it right, a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that.

Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods.

You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to.

Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public.

The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors.

The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse.

The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.