Quotes About Public

Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.

A free public broadcast license is a privilege.

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

The frustrating part of it is that you're generally known for what you did last. I've had the privilege of doing some very cool independent films that, a lot of the time, the general public doesn't see unless you're at a film festival or you're into that kind of movie.

There's fears in everyone's job. Ours are in the limelight, and people think we're incredibly privileged or nuts to do what we do for a living.

I am privileged and very happy to be a professional sportsperson, but should that make people so angry?

It's actually a privileged existence - I get to do some work, but I can walk down the street and have an absolutely normal life, rather than existing in some strange bubble.

Notoriety is such a prized thing. Society suddenly wants your opinion on things - everyone from your mom to an editor at The New York Times.

In low-income countries, the main problems you have is infectious diseases.

We so often tend to think our democracies are ruled by procedures and laws, but they are also governed by implicit rules and assumptions and one of them is the ability to feel shame - that you can be shamed.

Until the legal formalities are completed, one is not supposed to make it public. When a child comes home, he/she is considered to be in foster care for the first month; the legal procedures begin after that.

When something is not liked by people, you cannot make it run, however big actor or producer you may be. The audience has to make it a hit. The power is in the hands of the public.

Frequently producers have partners that they never let the public know about.

From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care insurance system.

You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.

Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give you something to look down on from time to time.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

When you're in a public profession like I was, and you stop doing it like I did, people think you're either crazy or dead.

Our business is complicated because intimacy is part and parcel of our profession; as actors, we are paid to do very intimate things in public. That's why someone can have the audacity to invite you to their home or hotel, and you show up.

I never thought of politics as a profession.

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

Politics, as a profession, is not about making the right political decision. It's about making the right decision and then managing the political consequences.

It went from 'I was a nobody on the street, just another person.' It turned into something completely different. People were coming up to me, they knew who I was us, requesting pictures.

I know I look arrogant, but I'm altogether a different person outside the ring.