Quotes of: Private-life Keyword

I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words

Stello

Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength.

Soldiers Three

but he only found her in the image that saturated his private and terrible solitude.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Batterers aren't renowned for taking responsibility for their abusiveness, Sam. They tend to shed blame like a snake molts.

Private Practices

Don’t confuse “strict confidentiality” with “keeping employees in the dark.” Private is useful. Secretive is deceptive.

Talent Mindset

There are people in this world so rich that when it rains they simply fly away on private jets in search of sun.

Too Rich For Rain

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Even the best data security systems can't protect private taxpayer information from entrepreneurial foreign businesses than can make huge profits selling U.S. taxpayer information.

Melissa Bean

Private unions, such as the UAW, is a choice between employees and employers. If that is what they want, then who am I to say you can't have it?

Joe Wurzelbacher

It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors.

John Sergeant Wise

Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons.

John Walsh

I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.

Nancy Reagan

Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified risks.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.

Paulo Coelho

I don't have any stigma attached to my body. When I'm in my own private space, I have very little on.

Padma Lakshmi

Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.

Peter Orszag

I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.

Peter Zumthor

Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

Richard Branson

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

R. Lee Ermey

There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is unfortunate and hard on everyone who is affected.

N. Robert Hammer

The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trillions of dollars in new debt.

Ruben Hinojosa