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Quotes About Private

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, any claimed or implied conflict of 'the public interest' with private intersts means that the interests of some men are to be sacrificed to the interest and wishes of others.
~ Ayn Rand
Sobel was Jewish, urban, with a commission from the National Guard. Hester had started as a private, then earned his commission from Officer Candidate's School (OCS). Most
~ Stephen E. Ambrose
by the time your offspring have reached four and five it is far too late to be looking for schools: demand for private education is so high that children must be put down for admission not at birth but in utero, ideally before their first cells have divided.
~ Stephen Fry
Call it a private demonstration of the fistic arts.
~ Stephen Gallagher
Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.
~ Stephen King
The real power and test of our ministry (calling) is not in the pulpit or public arena, but in our private lives, our home.
~ Bernard Kelvin Clive
Love without clinging, cry if you must, but privately cry, the heart will adjust.
~ Ruth Graham
He smiled, the kind of smile that denotes private happiness, the kind where you have nothing to prove.
~ Jojo Moyes
The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2 000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1.
~ Jon Stewart
The most private essence of a person's fiber can only be measured by deed; not through written tests.
~ Jonar Nader
Hillary touched on the Methodist roots at the heart of her approach to private and public life. "Let us not grow weary in doing good," she said, paraphrasing Galatians 6:9, "for in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
~ Jonathan Allen
I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.
~ Jonathan Kozol
Healing is a deeply private process and, honestly, you're not welcome to be a part of it. But you will have given me a short furlough from the dark, sorry prison of my mind, and that gift, precious in its own right, is really the best you can hope to offer.
~ Jonathan Tropper
Many Germans, however, were quick to accept the new situation and concerned themselves only with their own private lives and tended not to think about what was happening to the Jews.
~ Eric A. Johnson
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
~ Eric Hoffer
A public outcry usually masks a private obsession.
~ Eric Schlosser
Some men want to have religion like a dark lantern, and carry it in their pocket, where nobody but themselves can get any good from it.
~ beecher henry ward xv
Whatever we think of particular poems, "poetry" is a word for the meeting place of the private and the public, the internal and the external: My capacity to express myself poetically and to comprehend such expression is a fundamental qualification for public recognition.
~ Ben Lerner
We can contain such secret misery, perversion.
~ Ben Marcus
I thought we should be willing to offer advice, at least in private, if it would be helpful and
~ Ben S. Bernanke
But Bush's proposal to add private accounts to Social Security went nowhere, as did his comprehensive immigration plans.
~ Ben S. Bernanke
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
~ benjamin walter iv
Barbra Streisand developed overwhelming performance anxiety at the height of her career; for 27 years she refused to perform for the general public, appearing live only in private clubs and at charity events, where she presumably believed the pressure on her was less intense.
~ Scott Stossel
Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.
~ Alexei Mordashov