It was my father's hope, and it is ours, that the National Gallery would become not a static but a living institution, growing in usefulness and importance to artists, scholars and the general public.
Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.
Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial history.
Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.
I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.
Spending an extra dollar on the D.C. public school system isn't spending an extra dollar on education. Spending an extra dollar with the Pentagon doesn't buy you an extra dollar on defense. Republicans need to look skeptically at military spending.
To pine for the days before public education became a practical reality is to pine for an America held back by mass ignorance and mass illiteracy.
Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.
If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.
Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety.
The Internet is a great information tool, and can be a place where kids learn, but we must remember that when kids are online, they are in public.
I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
One incredible tool to accomplish bringing a product to the public is to put a face on TV shows, movies, and the actors in them by using good PR.
I like to talk. That's why I can't karaoke in a private room. Those types of shenanigans are only good in a public space.
We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.
The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.
