People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.
I do want to keep the Wedgewood Collection in place, intact, and open to the public. Selling it off would be a real tragedy.
My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later will write or say something inappropriate.
I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.
You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.
The whole sector of public dialogue has been totally contaminated, deliberately, by the corporate sector. The whole purpose is to sow confusion and doubt, and it's worked.
There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.
In fact, their eyes sort of roll around and they kind of go, 'Hmm'- like there's something there and they don't want to talk about it. But they're not that kind when they are speaking in public.
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental.
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?" exclaimed Dr. Leete. "Are they France, England Germany or hunger, cold and nakedness?
It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.
The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just compensation.
I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.
I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.
The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'
I think one of the key differentiators I bring to the table as a venture capitalist is a solid understanding of the public markets and how they operate.
Having an investor on your board of directors who is naive about public markets or finds them complex or scary is non-optimal.
I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.
