Private Quotes

2742 quotes by 1979 authors

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create… — Aristotle
I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply a vehicle for… — Margaret Atwood
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You… — Lauren Bacall
It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely… — Lauren Bacall
Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it. — Michele Bachmann
It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands that wealth creation… — Michele Bachmann
As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and… — David Baldacci
I try to keep my private life kind of private. — Tyra Banks
From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave… — Tyra Banks
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower. — Banksy
I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded. — Brigitte Bardot
My private life became public. — Brigitte Bardot
Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams
There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life. — Aaliyah
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of… — Bernard Baruch
He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is… — Samuel Adams
I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non. — Emmanuelle Beart
I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant… — Warren Beatty

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