Quotes of: Public-discourse Keyword

She looked away, trying not to cry. She hated crying, and in public she hated it more.

Necromancing the Stone

...when the public nerve is aroused, the most impressive capacity of man is his skill for lying.

The Lacuna

We know little about history beyond its public displays, and even then what we know is reconstructed.

The Quarry And The Lot

The public thinks big, sensible, measured thoughts while people run around doing silly things

The Truth

We all make mistakes. Some just manufacture them in a factory and sell them to the public.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

PDF—is it a document type, or Public Display of ‘Fection? I’ll let you know after I print it out and cuddle with it.

Xazaqazax

Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves.

Allen West

Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most costly boondoggles ever foisted on the American public.

Bob Beauprez

If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the state, then a single-payer system is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, it is fiscally unsustainable without rationing.

Charles Krauthammer

The best complement I ever got from the public or producers or directors is that I just totally blend in and become the character and they don't notice me and that the play happens or the movie happens or the TV show happens.

J. K. Simmons

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life.

Richard Rogers

The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts.

Rick Ross

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

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

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.

Neil Peart

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

Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process.

Nigel S. Wright

I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.

Orlando Bloom

All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.'

Olga Kurylenko

When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

Olusegun Obasanjo

I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.

Princess Diana