Quotes of: Private-person Keyword

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Robert A. Heinlein

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

S. E. Hinton

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

Sheila Jackson Lee

I got access to a private tour of the zoo. I got to go in a cage with a koala, which I highly recommend.

Todd Barry

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

Tom Sizemore

I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.

Katherine Heigl

I don't think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world's face. That's all private.

Kevin Hart

It's important to have your private enjoyments because sometimes that's all we have.

Kay Ryan

I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

Lindsay Duncan

The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes.

Leland Ryken

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

Mahatma Gandhi

I've certainly had less practice at fatherhood than I have at acting, but in fatherhood, at least my failures are private!

Rich Sommer

The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.

Robert Trout

I don't stay up and rent private jets and go on yachts and whoop it up in Miami.

Neil Patrick Harris

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

Carol Vorderman

Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before.

Luigi Barzini

The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources and government coffers.

Matt Cartwright

The State of Virginia is similar to a great business corporation... and should be conducted with the same efficiency and economy as any private business.

Harry F. Byrd

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Horatio Nelson

Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.

Austin Ligon

Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.

Robert Reich