Private Quotes

2742 Private quotes by 1926 unique authors

The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and who they are very private. I've never… — Anthony Mackie
Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as… — Charles C. Mann
I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before. — Elizabeth McGovern
Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs… — Lisel Mueller
I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom. — Michael Moritz
I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage. — Bob McDonnell
Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track. — Bob McDonnell
Aside from performing in 'Peepshow,' I do yoga once a week and I like Pilates. I'm more into toning exercises over aerobics. I like working… — Holly Madison
Bearing all this in mind, we see that there is no Russian national understanding which would permit the early establishment in Russia of anything resembling… — George F. Kennan
More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking. — Deborah Tannen
Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise of… — William Greider
Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one… — Mary Catherine Bateson
The thing that is most interesting about people is the way they are when no one is looking at them or the way they are… — Suzanne Vega
The exercise of patience involves a continual practice of the presence of God, for we may be called upon at any moment for an almost… — Frederick William Faber
Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each of us. — Dag Hammarskjold
Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being must be made… — Alexis Carrel
Only about one per cent of my paintings show family members. Do they help me deal with problems? It's likely that these problems can only… — Gerhard Richter
The state is based on this contradiction. It is based on the contradiction between public and private life, between universal and particular interests. For this… — Karl Marx
The feeling of understanding is as private as the feeling of pain. The act of understanding is at the heart of all scientific activity; without… — Percy Williams Bridgman
The ashram is Mother's body. Mother's soul is in Her children. Children, all the service done for the ashram, is done for Mother. The ashram… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Ours is a society in which secrets of private life that, formerly, you would have given nearly anything to conceal, you now clamor to get… — Susan Sontag
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public humiliation. A man… — Pericles
I am personally acquainted with hundreds of journalists, and the opinion of the majority of them would not be worth tuppence in private, but when… — Mark Twain
Private businesses ought to get to discriminate. — John Stossel
Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better. — John Stossel

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