To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
It's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves and more into public life. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic. — Ludwig Quidde Copy Share Image
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
What I've learned is that living in public life... it's impossible to have everybody like you. No matter what you do. — Antoni Porowski Copy Share Image
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life.… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
“A man in public life expects to be sneered at—it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of himself.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In public life, differences should not deter us from acknowledging the good work done by others whom we may not agree with. — Amit Shah Copy Share Image
On the whole, my disposition is to say yes, unless I've got good reason to say no, and I think that's being… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
“Teens are desperate to have access to and make sense of public life; understanding the technologies that enable publics is just par… — Danah Boyd Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
That's good advice for any young person to remember who aspires to leadership in corporate or public life. Develop a thick skin… — William Schreyer Copy Share Image
It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected,… — Kerry Healey Copy Share Image
One of the things that I'm really concerned about is that people who don't have power are not priorities for people in… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
Tim Bee has demonstrated his toughness and his compassion, his ability to lead while at the same time listening to others. These… — Jim Kolbe Copy Share Image
When my dad left public life, I was 13 years old. I went through my teen years and into adulthood in relative… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Someone inquired of a Hindu who had a great serenity and peace about him, no matter what pressures were put upon him,… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has a long track record of service in public life. And you can look at that. I tell the story… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Public lives are lived out on the job and in the marketplace, where certain rules, conventions, laws, and social customs keep most… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
the greater the bureaucratization of public life, the greater will be the attraction of violence. In a fully developed bureaucracy there is… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Like all fundamentalists who get their clammy hands on the levers of power, the market fanatics are going to kill off every… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course oddly virtuous. They do not make wild… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“Lamentations about the tribulations of public life, followed by celebrations of the bucolic splendor of retirement to rural solitude, had become a… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
“Alexis de Tocqueville warned that as the economy and government of America got bigger, citizens could become smaller: less practiced in the… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“I could never feel like that about any public issue. Sometimes I wish I could. For me, if I'm honest, politics is… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus the production of bullshit is… — Harry Frankfurt Copy Share Image
“The effects can already be felt: with each passing day our public life is getting uglier. So it is encouraging to see… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“A man opposite me shifted his feet, accidentally brushing his foot against mine. It was a gentle touch, barely noticeable, but the… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
“We deem it opportune to remind our children of their duty to take an active part in public life and to contribute… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
