Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
“When they are young, they would be old, and old, young.{244} Princes commend a private life; private men itch after honour: a… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
My ambition for station was always easily controlled. If the place came to me it was welcome. But it never seemed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one really knows what mattresses are meant to gain from their lives either. They are large, friendly, pocket-sprung creatures that live… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible.… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I am reminded that no matter how hard you try, you can never be more than twelve years old with your parents.… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I accept that speculation, cheerful or otherwise, about the private life is something public figures must expect, but I am lucky enough… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
I don't want to be more famous. I enjoy making movies but I enjoy my private life too. As an actor, to… — Tony Leung Chiu Wai Copy Share Image
When I came to England I was quite surprised to see that you people have it too. But why people are so… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
As in private life one differentiates between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he really is and does,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view:… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
I thought I was prepared for England but I was not prepared for things outside football, my private life. I am not… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy.… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
“When the call came for the factory fire, Logan was spoiling for a fight...His degree of pissed-off had reached epic proportions. The… — Amy Andrews Copy Share Image
He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
Tangentially, Americans, despite many of us being prone to sometimes-eyebrow-raising disclosures about our private lives on social media, still retain what I… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
As much as I like acting, I know that I would love to have a different life, a private life. I think… — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
We see each other [ with Iman Abdulmajid] a lot. I couldn't stand to be separated for months. It became quickly apparent… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I have never sold my story, done Hello! magazine, any of that stuff. I'm not guilty of exploiting my private life for… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“It was funny, she thought, that before she had ever had a job she had always thought of an office as a… — Rona Jaffe Copy Share Image
I thought, can you think of any really good reason not to do it? Except that, oh, I'm so shy, or oh,… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
I just think that your private life is private. What I do is obviously public, I get that. I get the fact… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The distinction between private and public undermines the unity of spiritual strength, draining the public of the transcendent energies while trivializing them… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The state is based on this contradiction. It is based on the contradiction between public and private life, between universal and particular… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
These days, more than any other time, we are worried about our personal life, our private life. When we talk about our… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
“No man on earth who conscientiously opposes either you or any other organized democracy, and flatly prevents a great many wrongs and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Taylor was the first star for whom an offscreen narrative was equally as important as an onscreen one. Her private life… — William J. Mann Copy Share Image
The company is not and must never claim to be home, family, religion, life or fate for the individual. It must never… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“The invention of print, however, made it easier to manipulate public opinion, and the film and the radio carried the process further.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
New York's the place where you can have a private life. You can do anything, be anything you please. New Yorkers mind… — Zelda Popkin Copy Share Image
After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when… — Jennifer Ehle Copy Share Image
I figure if you talk about it once, then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even… — James Van Der Beek Copy Share Image
I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
![“[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.” quote by Brigitte Bardot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1d0/brigitte-bardot-2621_actresses_roger-vadim-became-famous-worldwide-as-a_2330952.jpg)
![“We see each other [ with Iman Abdulmajid] a lot. I couldn't stand to be separated for months. It became quickly apparent to me that I needed to find a balance between my absolute work obsession and a private life that we could share without my disappearing all the time.” quote by David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ad/david-bowie-508_absolutes_we-see-each-other-with-iman-abdulmajid-a_160796.jpg)
