Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history. — Fernand Braudel Copy Share Image
I'm straight, but the character was too important to me to muddle his world with my private life. As a nobody, I… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image
No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my… — John Corbett Copy Share Image
People probably long for something genuinely personal in a society where the personal is often indistinguishable from the "personalized." Maybe the poetry… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Certain favourite roles are played by us so often before the public and rehearsed so carefully when we are alone that we… — Marcel Proust 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 couldn't stand to be separated with my wife for months. It became quickly apparent to me that I needed to find… — David Bowie 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
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
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
If you don't want to have your private life splashed everywhere, why go to the restaurants and the places you know you're… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
“The principle of equality, which makes men independent of each other, gives them a habit and a taste for following, in their… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Private life, book life, took place where words met imagination without passing through the world.” — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Anyone I love takes away part of my freedom, but in that case it is I who wished it; and there is… — Henry de Montherlant Copy Share Image
Perhaps I've found the secret for an unhappy private life. Every three years, I go and marry a girl who doesn't love… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image