Public Quotes

6719 Public quotes by 3959 unique authors

My private life became public. — Brigitte Bardot
Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally… — Neal Barnard
It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money. — Dave Barry
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger… — John Adams
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
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. — Scott Adams
If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to… — Melissa Bean
I give everything I have to give on the screen. I feel I don't owe the public anything else. — 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
Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most… — Bob Beauprez
As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations… — Bob Beauprez
Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in… — Bob Beauprez
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. — Thomas Beecham
We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more… — Carol Bellamy
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It… — Robert Benchley
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the… — Walter Benjamin
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional… — Walter Benjamin
If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. — Tony Benn
Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing. — Diane Abbott
A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn. — John Bercow
A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work… — John Berger
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He… — Sarah Bernhardt
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it. — Diane Abbott

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