Quotes About Public

The public do not know enough to be experts, yet know enough to decide between them.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

Fidelity to the public requires that the laws be as plain and explicit as possible, that the less knowing may understand, and not be ensnared by them, while the artful evade their force.

The reality is that the way in which a leader conducts his personal life does, in fact, have a profound impact on his ability to exercise effective public leadership.

I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

I am disappointed by that stroke of death [Garrick's], which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't go places, because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.'

An artist simply cannot trust any public emblem of merit.

That seemed to be, if anything, the power of writing—to hold sway over memory, making it public, keeping it private, possibly, even, keeping it secret from oneself—

The General Public is a statistical fiction created by a few exceptional men to make the loneliness of being exceptional a little easier to bear.

The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should.

Today we're focused on small acquisitions to add technology where necessary. I think it's fair to say we're not out looking for a large one, but I think it's also very fair to say that as a public company you can never say never.

Only a keen sense of public duty restrains me from plugging you where you sit, you ineffable swine.

I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.

People recognize me all the time. I think it's really nice. I don't mind it at all. It feels kind of surreal when people know who you are and I think that it's really cool.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.

Sometimes time actually works against you if you refuse to face the relevant issues and explain to the public what is at stake.

Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career.

I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.

I think social media has allowed the players to be able to say things that maybe didn't come out right the first time and say what they really meant. I think that it keeps people fair and honest.