Quotes of: Public-figures Keyword

We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.

Rebecca Solnit

I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way.

Julia Child

I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.

Chuck D

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

Christopher Fry

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

Harvey Weinstein

I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.

Earl Butz

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.

Errol Flynn

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

Hillary Clinton

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

Henry A. Kissinger

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet.

John Scalzi

I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.

David Hockney

It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

James F. Cooper

It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.

James F. Cooper

Minister: Public opinion has a way of changing.

A Clockwork Orange

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.

Dave Freudenthal

I can't imagine going to an all-girls school. I went to a public school.

Amy Sedaris

Israel does not care about the international public opinion.

Bashar al-Assad

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

Grover Cleveland

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Alfred Austin

You can't do much for the poor, as they are not in with the right people.

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled

I mean, he was something that happened to me, you know? But before he was this minor figure in the drama of my life he was - you know, the central figure in the drama of his own life.

Paper Towns