Quotes About Public

For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

I've burnt my boats, and there they are - smouldering in public view.

You have to think about your image and how you want people to view you. And if it becomes too much, people will get kind of tired of you.

That's probably why I've become popular, because everyone's view of me is extremely polarized.

In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.

There is such little tolerance for women on the national stage who don't agree with the hosts of 'The View' or celebrities who march with Planned Parenthood.

Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case of London, petty crime has gone down. They catch terrorists because of it. And if something really bad happens, most of the time you can figure out who did it.

I've spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line.

There is a valid nationwide sentiment of concern over public pensions, and poor funding ratios are viewed negatively by financial markets.

What is he doing here?" Zachary asked beneath his breath. Holly reached for his tense arm and held it lightly. "It's a very great favor," she whispered back. "By attending our wedding, Lord Blake is publicly showing his support of our marriage." "More likely taking his last opportunity to ogle you.

Palmer was the big gun as far as getting the tour to where it is today. He was the most charismatic player ever. He did everything the public wanted him to do.

Politics is not a game. Thousands of people's jobs and services depended on what the GLC did, and they expected us to do the best we could.

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

Great, now the whole school knows I'm late. And Mrs Mumble has made me sound like I'm some kind of parcel.

There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

We all lie. We all guard secrets—sometimes terrible ones—a side to us so dark, so shameful, that we quickly avert our own eyes from the shadow we might glimpse in the mirror. Instead we lock our dark halves deep in the basement of our souls. And on the surface of our lives, we work industriously to shape the public story of our selves . . .

When I mention to my shrink that I play roles in public—acting wild-style—she smiles and I ask her what's funny. "You're a trickster, Kit," she says. "That's not a bad thing. Tricksters have a key function in life and art.

the agrochemical industry "sets up the public for mass poisoning" by concealing the true toxicity of their chemical formulations and by focusing solely on the risks associated with the active ingredient in their formulations.

Exclusively private faith degenerates into a narrow religion, excessively preoccupied with individual and sexual morality while almost oblivious to the biblical demands for public justice. In the end, private faith becomes a merely cultural religion providing the assurance of righteousness for people just like us.

The lack of vision in public life and the emptying out of values that visionless leadership creates lead to a politics of complaint.

The rhetoric and demands from all sides may be harsh, but there are obvious areas of agreement that can provide a basis for progress. Private discussions with Arab leaders are much more promising than their public statements would lead one to believe, and in Israel there is a strong and persistent constituency for moderation that is too little heard or appreciated in neighboring states or in America.

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.