Private Quotes

2742 Private quotes by 1926 unique authors

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few… — David Herbert Donald
Abortion doesn't belong in the political arena. It's a private right, like many other rights concerning the family. — Bella Abzug
The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending. — Martin Wolf
I came to believe that being a private detective was the work I was meant to do. — Shirley Jackson
The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs in disadvantaged urban… — Michael Porter
Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of… — Isaac Barrow
It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we each have an individual relationship… — Nick Hornby
What are the differences between Mark Zuckerberg and me? I give private information on corporations to you for free, and I'm a villain. Zuckerberg gives… — Julian Assange
I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private. — David Blunkett
So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to… — Melissa Harris-Perry
We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children. Your kid is… — Melissa Harris-Perry
What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this,… — Christopher Peterson
Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly… — Unknown Author
If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control.… — Calvin Coolidge
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even… — Siri Hustvedt
In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life.... Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even… — Michael Behe
Marriage is a very strange thing. It’s a very public institution, it’s meant to tell the world that two people are going to live together,… — Shashi Deshpande
Our humanist attitude should therefore throughout be to stress what we all have in common with each other and relegate quarrelsome religion to the private… — Hermann Bondi
Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement can help pave… — Kofi Annan
A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war. — John Milton
Perhaps more to the point for TBTF (Too Big To Fail bank), if a SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) does fail I have little doubt… — Unknown Author
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private,… — Mark Twain
The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to… — Carroll Quigley
All one's work might have been better done; but this is a sort of reflection a worker must put aside courageously if he doesn't mean… — Joseph Conrad
The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for… — Ezra Stiles

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