Quotes About Public

But no guard would accompany us; because of public anger over the destruction of the mosque at Ayodhya, a national strike day had been declared, and no one was working.

Distanciarse de la fuente del escándalo es la regla número uno de cómo gestionar una crisis.

I got booed and pelted with wadded-up napkins. Laughing, I went to the bar and waited for an opening to ask for Pellegrino and the phone. I dialed Gideon's cell number, since it was the one I had memorized. I figured it was safe since I was calling from a public place he owned.

Shut up in public those bloody private wounds.

The general ethos of the people they have to govern determines the behaviour of politicians.

Rumors have dogged the course of the Anford presidency, his infrequent appearances and moments of public confusion leading to rumors that he is suffering from a brain tumor or degenerative muscular disorder. The White House claims this latest round of tests is merely part of a routine medical checkup, and doctors at Bethesda Naval Hospital are, as usual, silent on the state of the president's health. . . .

Never judge a family by their address or bank account. And never underestimate the power of the American public to utterly shock and disappoint you.

It was perfectly innocent.' That's what Gary Hart said. One day he's running for president, the next he's sitting in an office somewhere making paper-clip chains.

never underestimate the power of the American public to utterly shock and disappoint you.

He said having a smoking section in a restaurant was just like having a pissing section in a swimming pool.

When something is all in your mind, people tend to think that it's willful, that it's something you could control if only you tried harder or if you had been trained differently. I'm hoping that the newfound certainty that autism is in your brain and in your genes will affect public attitudes.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

in North America, giving your name and talking about your personal life is something you do in public and it doesn't mean anything. In France, name exchanges amount to something of a commitment.

One thing about public opinion is you can turn it in an instant with the right illusion.

Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.

todos tenemos tres vidas: la pública, la privada y la secreta.

Las "libertades políticas" no son nada sin las libertades o la autonomia económica, sea en el terreno individual, o en el colectivo. En este último, porque en régimen democrático son los grupos en posesión de riqueza quienes controlan la prensa y todos los demás medios de formación de la "opinión pública" y de la propaganda.

The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.

I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere.

My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.

He had acquired a reputation for possessing a noble character, and even for being something of a hero - or, at least, in the assessment of one contemporary commentator, one of those parties who are able to fulfil the public need in the event of genuine heroes being absent or, for any reason, unpalatable.

The public," he said, "bless them. It's the same in tailoring: they always think they know more about your job than you do, and then you get the blame when it ends up looking a mess." He

In art vanity is equally fatal to sympathetic feeling, whether on the part of the artist or the public.