The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that.
Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a bal...
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. I have bought this wonderful machine — a computer ... it seems to me to be an Old Testament god,...
I'm ready for something private, private and real
Small businesses create half of the jobs in the private sector.
You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.
Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.
I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
I am basically a private person.
I always intended to return to the private sector.
Mellish: Fucked up beyond all recognition. Upham: FUBAR.
Sergeant Horvath: This time the mission is the man.
Private Jackson: What I mean by that, sir, is if you was to put me and this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile from Adolf Hitler... with a clean line of sight... Pack your bags, fellas. War's over. Amen.
Captain Miller: Caparzo, get that kid back up there! Private Caparzo: Captain, the decent thing to do would be take her over to the next town. Captain Miller: We're not here to do the decent thing, we're here to follow fucking orders!
All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.
Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
I had wanted to compromise with Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains.
We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the best people in public life if we don't do that.
I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.
Socialism is good when it comes to wages, but it tells me nothing when it comes to other questions in life that are more private and painful, for which I must seek answers elsewhere.
