Quotes About Author

When I chose to run for public office, I pledged to stand with the people of Nevada rather than follow a partisan line.

Negative public opinion of a conflict and the politicization of the military can negatively affect service members and contribute to PTSD.

When I look at public opinion, I'm not far out of the mainstream. I'm in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I've ever said.

You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.

The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.

The extra curricular activity in which I was most engaged - debating - helped shape my interests in public policy.

I don't think Arizonans are interested in having the Mormon religion dictate public policy to them.

And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money.

We believe that we can win seats with integrity, with good public policy, with evidence-based public policy and that's what it's about for me.

My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

I'm a journalist, so my friends are journalists: magazines, newspapers, even public radio. Nobody had their kids in public school.

I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community.

I wouldn't trade the best days of my life in the private sector for the worst days of my life in the public sector.

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.

Comey is an extraordinarily gifted man who has contributed much during his many years of public service.

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

I was always more interested in public service. What I discovered is you could practice law and be a public servant.

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential.

My first novel, 'Housekeeping,' was accepted by the first agent who read it, and bought by the first editor who read it. In general, my experience with publication has been gentle and gratifying.

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

If you are a natural scientist, a publication the journal Science carries enormous prestige.