Private Quotes

2742 Private quotes by 1926 unique authors

Art without accomplishment becomes a form of faith, sustained more by the intensity of its common practice than by the pleasure it gives to its… — Adam Gopnik
I love and in a way need, a private secret place. It's a kind of deep obsession, but I also love to need and be… — Morris Graves
As artists and professionals, it is our obligation to enact our own internal revolution, a private insurrection inside our own skulls. In this uprising we… — Steven Pressfield
After too much art that made too much sense, artists are operating blind again. They're more interested in the possible than the probable, the private… — Jerry Saltz
The Linux kernel is under the GPL version 2. Not anything else. Some individual files are licensable under v3, but not the kernel in general.… — Linus Torvalds
A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic… — Chanakya
And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city… — James Harrington
On private transactions, I'll just go very quickly now, a major difference between the United States and Euroland is that in Europe banks are much… — Robert C. Solomon
To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be drawn into serious… — Stephen S. Roach
In developing countries the situation could be even worse because developing countries do not have to count their emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Private companies… — Jennifer Morgan
John Bond has blackened my name with his insinuations about the private lives of football managers. Both my wives are upset. — Malcolm Allison
Private enterprise in cricket might not be regarded as the last word, and ultimate state direction would not do it any harm. — Manny Shinwell, Baron Shinwell
Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private. — Lyndon B. Johnson
No man can lead a public career really worth leading, no man can act with rugged independence in serious crises, nor strike at great abuses,… — Theodore Roosevelt
I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at… — Gerald R. Ford
Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and intertwined with our whole civic and social life… — Theodore Roosevelt
I want people to be able to get what they need to live: enough food, a place to live, and an education for their children.… — Davy Crockett
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and… — Richard Steele
We make a lot of fun at President Clinton's expense. But this transition is going to be tough because it's been 25 years since this… — David Letterman
For the primary and secondary school years, we will aid public schools serving low-income families and assist students in both public and private schools. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack. — Napoleon Bonaparte
We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get… — Saint Basil
When a party can't think of anything else they always fall back on Lower Taxes. It has a magic sound to a voter, just like… — Will Rogers
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the… — Louis D. Brandeis
You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval. — Judith Martin

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