Public Quotes · Page 34

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

— Karin Slaughter

America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.

— Joanna Garcia

I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public…

— Bidzina Ivanishvili

I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.

— Mark McKinnon

I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.

— Yingluck Shinawatra

Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

— Sheryl Crow

My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers…

— Bryan Stevenson

Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel,…

— Kate Reardon

When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he…

— William Hague

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants…

— Anonymous

We have a certain group of people in this country that seem to want to lock up our national treasures, our national…

— Don Sherwood

Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.

— Anonymous

One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public…

— Christopher Lee

While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it…

— Benigno Aquino III

We don't live with the community of yesteryear. And we don't enjoy the public services Europeans do. So we turn to the…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission.…

— Blake Mycoskie

But once you've made a song and you put it out there, you don't own it anymore. The public own it. It's…

— Ed Sheeran

The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest…

— Reed Hundt

It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen…

— Gabourey Sidibe

If you look at the practice of 'crisis management,' and maybe squint at it a little, you can make out in the…

— Jonathan Dee

This whole idea of visibility by the public creates a pretty powerful lever. In the new transparency era, you are able to…

— Tim O'Reilly

It is mistaken to claim that global problems will be solved more quickly if only researchers would abandon their quest to understand…

— Martin Rees

Public place is a good place to mind one's own business, god damn hard as that may be.

— Grass Hopper

The radio's pretty much always on, and I also listen to some American podcasts, such as for 'National Public Radio' and 'Newsweek'.

— Ben Schott

The frontier between public and private shifts from time to time and culture to culture.

— Terry Eagleton

When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.

— Ira Glass

A man ain't got no right to be a public man, unless he meets the public views.

— Charles Dickens

Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing.

— Mick Cornett

Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

— Ian Mckellen

I got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances.

— Chingy

Public school felt like prison - cinderblock walls, fluorescent lights, metal lockers. It was so sterile and unstimulating.

— Sufjan Stevens

“The public, not unnaturally, goes upon the principle that he who would heal others must himself be whole.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to…

— Greg Lynn

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

— Janice Hahn

Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.

— Salman Khurshid

When you're famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public.

— Beyonce Knowles

I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear…

— Clint Howard

Government is the reimplementation of the public good. - George McGovern ( On Charlie Rose, Jan 6, 2011 telecast Charlotte NC)

— George McGovern