Public Quotes

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P networks is for illegal trading of owned goods. We claim part of the reason for P2P is for legal trading of what ought to be in public domain. And what is in public domain in many cases.

We can only take it so far, because man can only take it so far, lower self can only take it so far, and you have to realize that the public is only at a certain place.

I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

I've had a very good career and I'm grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.

I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation.

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what we're doing, so if anyone tells you that they don't like the sound of the applause and the ego gratification, I don't think they're being straight with you.

To say that only those businesses affected with a public interest may be regulated is but another way of stating that all those businesses which may be regulated are affected with a public interest.

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.

The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the subject like a bull at a gate.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

I went to a catholic public school St Helens and learned English by watching bugs bunny cartoons.

The constant need for special waivers is symptomatic of poorly written public policy. It's a signal that the cost of compliance is unreasonably high; the benefits are hard to measure; and either legislators or regulators have failed to do their homework.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.