Quotes of: Public-servants Keyword

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

Henry Adams

Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.

Dick Morris

Politics only makes the difficult challenge of marriage even harder, with the demands of the job and the public spotlight it casts on a union.

Mark McKinnon

In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy popcorn. No attempt was made to create movies that were somewhat inherent to the truth.

Michio Kaku

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone.

Alexander Graham Bell

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

Alastair Campbell

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.

Al Capp

I'm not going to raise taxes; I'm not going to have a wage increase for public employees.

Andrew Cuomo

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Abraham Lincoln

I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.

Al Pacino

In any election, it's important that the public perceive that the election is held fairly.

Avi Rubin

While we do not ask for accolades, we must defend ourselves from repeated public attacks.

Andrew Thomas

I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure.

Andrew Vachss

I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old.

Allison Williams

The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.

Bill Dedman

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

Herbert Hoover

I'm not involved in politics, and I've never had any political role. I've never been in office. I've never taken any public administrative jobs.

Isabel dos Santos

Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

I don't think there's a public in the world who respond like the British to a call for charity.

Terry Wogan

I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.

Val Kilmer

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

William Dean Howells