Quotes of: Public-speaking Keyword

With television, we vault ourselves into a continuous, incoherent present.

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened.

Tom Wolfe

The public good must come before private interests.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Modern architecture only becomes modern with its engagement with the media.

Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

Walden and Other Writings

It is the job of the market to turn the base material of our emotions into gold.

Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio

My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences.

Graydon Carter

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

Julie Bishop

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.

James McGreevey

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

Sean Hannity

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

Olympia Snowe

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported.

Paul Berg

I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.

Peter Mayle

I just like being a social experiment sometimes. I really should not be allowed in public. But I just go out into the public just to see people's reaction.

Peter Steele

Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are very easily fooled by language and how it is used by others.

Ray Comfort

Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.

Samantha Power

Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do.

Ken Salazar

The papers reveal that in several key abortion cases, justices were keenly interested in the perceived public reaction to their rulings - indicating that courts can be influenced by public sentiment.

Lee Greenwood

The image that the public gets is whatever they perceive it to be. Everybody has an opinion, everybody has their own vision, so I don't know what my public image is. I have no idea.

Lenny Kravitz

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

Mark McKinnon