I was ridiculed in public school for being smart. A teacher's pet.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
I don't think Arizonans are interested in having the Mormon religion dictate public policy to them.
The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.
The public school has become the established church of secular society.
The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.
Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.
I've found my sweet spot here in public service.
I support myself by public speaking and trying to work on as many appropriate and legitimate ventures as I can.
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote - where no c...
Moralistic culture views government as a positive force, one that values the individual but functions to the benefit of the general public. Discussion of public issues and voting are not only rights but also opportunities to better the individual and...
For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a publi...
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the grea...
You cannot have qualifications without experience; and you cannot have experience without personal interest and bias. That may not be an ideal arrangement; but it is the way the world is built and we must make the best of it. p 242
She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and...
While they were speaking of - in their opinion - great things, around about them only little things - also in their opinion - were happening: everywhere the bushes were turning green, the brooding earth was germinating and beginning to play with her ...
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in...
But, as has well pointed out, truth is more likely to come out of error, if this is clear and definite, than out of confusion, and my experience teaches me that it is better to hold a well-understood and intelligible opinion, even if it should turn o...
