Quotes of: Public-office Keyword

Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.

Joseph Pulitzer

Much of what's called 'public' is increasingly a private good paid for by users - ever-higher tolls on public highways and public bridges, higher tuitions at so-called public universities, higher admission fees at public parks and public museums.

Robert Reich

In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not ...

H.L. Mencken

Despite all the public hand-wringing about negative advertising, political veterans will tell you that it persists because, more often than not, it works. But tearing down the other guy has another attraction: It can be a substitute for building much...

Robert Dallek

When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would long for the lunch hour, when I would be able to escape the torture of the office and stroll over to the churchyard and into t...

Tom Hodgkinson

It is no secret that I believe my son, Attorney General Beau Biden would make a great United States Senator - just as I believe he has been a great Attorney General. But Beau has made it clear from the moment he entered public life, that any office h...

Joe Biden

It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, ...

John Key

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

Ellen Page

Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets.

Eric Holder

Immigration Officer #1: What's your name little girl? Ariel: Ariel. Immigration Officer #1: [to Christy] And who are you? Sarah: She's Christy. Immigration Officer #1: What age are you Christy? Ariel: She's ten. Immigration Officer #1: Welcome to Ame...

In America

Justice is the result of public opinion.

Chinese

All offices are greasy.

Dutch

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

James Hillman

What's always got me is the fact that when people talked on the telly about Iraq, before Afghanistan kicked off, you'd get only these public-school-type army officers talking about what was going on out there. I kept thinking, 'Why don't we get the t...

Ross Kemp

Gamblers do not contribute to the public welfare.

Hebrew

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

Jack Abramoff

Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF (Single Point of Failure). If the office loses power or Internet or air conditioning, it's no longer functional as a place to do work. If a company doesn't have any training or infr...

Remote: Office Not Required

Officer Ryan: You think you know who you are? [Officer Hanson nods] Officer Ryan: You have no idea.

Crash

At the heart of the American paradigm is the perception that law and its agents . . . police officers, correctional officers, attorneys and judges . . . are color-blind and thus justice is impartial, objective and seeks la verdad (the truth). But, la...

Latino Police Officers in the United States: An Examination of Emerging Trends and Issues

Nick: Why don't they call you guys officer-esses? Sandra: I beg your pardon? Nick: You know, like actress. Something to signify... You know. Sandra: Oh. I guess they feel a police officer is a police officer. Not a... You know. Nick: Okay then. Sorry...

Falling Down

There's a tremendous gap between public opinion and public policy.

Noam Chomsky