Private Quotes

2742 Private quotes by 1926 unique authors

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration. — Sidney Blumenthal
Writing is a private discipline, in a field of companions. — Jonathan Lethem
Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up… — Philip Larkin
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds. — Heraclitus
Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union… — Brian Herbert
All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is… — Osama bin Laden
It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless, no refuse save the printed books. []… — William Faulkner
Should it be prohibited for private entities such as a church, bed-and-breakfast or retirement neighborhood that doesn't want noisy children? Absolutely not. Decisions concerning private… — Rand Paul
Well, thereâ€™s 10 â€” thereâ€™s 10 different â€” thereâ€™s 10 different titles, you know, to the Civil Rights Act, and nine out of 10 deal… — Rand Paul
Only through womenâ€™s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just… — Ban Ki-moon
Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in… — Manmohan Singh
It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for… — Sonia Gandhi
All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on… — V. S. Pritchett
This country has achieved its commercial and financial supremacy under a regime of private ownership. It conquered the wilderness, built our railroads, our factories, our… — George B. Cortelyou
Traditionally, sex has been a very private, secretive activity. Herein perhaps lies its powerful force for uniting people in a strong bond. As we make… — Thomas Szasz
In Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full, no… — Thomas More
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. — Walter Benjamin
I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of… — Henry David Thoreau
It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those… — Ravi Zacharias
Men fall in private long before they fall in public. — J C Ryle

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