Public Quotes

Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.

Misunderstanding is generally simpler than true understanding, and hence has more potential for popularity.

Ideas matter—and philosophy is the art of thinking about them rigorously. In my view, that should be done in as public a forum as possible.

Democracy is probably the only discovery by mankind which mostly brought it only happiness.

The firstsign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and actgreat. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assuresus, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise.

When a lie has been embedded in the public consciousness, the truth has a difficult time making itself known.

The beauty of life lies in being courageous enough to display your true identify in the public light.

a square is not just about light, air, proportion, and people. It must also give form to some shared notion of civic identity. [Michael Kimmelman, "Culture: Power of the Place"].

The virtues of your character is more important the public opinion.

He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet.

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.

When there’s a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there’s public input, the people usually win.

The biggest mistake that you will make in life is believing that governments act in the public interest.

I have no faith in the USA corporate government systems of protection of public health and safety.

The USA legal system is designed to enrich lawyers, protect the government and corporations, and shaft the general public.

Housing is a human right. There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or in the shadow of that risk, while others cannot even imagine it.

In times of stress and danger such as come about as the result of an epidemic, many tragic and cruel phases of human nature are brought out, as well as many brave and unselfish ones.

It doesn't matter if justice is on your side. You have to depict your position as just.

I urge the general public to be wary of the police on the grounds of health and safety.

Eradicating mosquitoes is a means to an end. An uninfected mosquito is harmless to humans - just a nuisance. An infected mosquito is a danger.

GIVE THANKS - GET HAPPY

High heels are a short (theist) woman's (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell … in public.

Improvement is achieved by the ripple effect of a few simple changes in approach, attitude, or habit.

During the first few minutes of your presentation, your job is to assure the audience members that you are not going to waste their time and attention.

Just as you can’t rehearse your way to success, you can’t design your way there either.

Understand your audience and you will understand the impact of your message on each follower in your social media networks.

Be your own kind of brave.

Personal and private and public and professional lives are blended.Separating them is what makes a fraud, hypocrite, alter ego.

In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to video record police officers interactions with the common people.

If I were offering hip replacement services I'd use Jarod Kintz as my spokesman. No one can possibly be better than him, to replace the missing spoke in your wheels.

Since when has irresponsibility and lack of accountability in public service become a Nigerian factor?

If you are benefiting more than those you serve, you are no longer serving.

In terms of technological progress, the public is slower than focus group.

What is seen by mind, is an environmental image that projected by public consciousness in vicinity.

Democracy cannot function or survive without a sufficient medium by which citizens remain informed and engaged in public policy debates.

Democratic ideas cannot exist without the public spheres that make them possible.

The United States is like one big jail for Black people, because we're locked into a mentality and a mindset that limits our potential. It has us against us.

The petite bourgeoise and small property in general represent a precious zone of autonomy and freedom in state systems increasingly dominated by large public and private bureaucracies.

If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion.

Public opinion is to an unconventional idea … what abortion is to sperm.

Committees kill unconventional ideas for a living.

Theory of public goods. Theory that if I take you euro (as an elected state government) and give fifty cents back... you will be happier and I will be satisfied.

Not upholding a persons legal rights is a form of abuse. Unfortunately, USA government abuse of the general public is a normal state of affairs in many areas.

The police have lost sight of the fact that they are public servants.

Will 2015 ever be noted as the year Ebola was decisively downgraded from a lurid horror meme to just one of many commonly treatable diseases?

Don't worry. You'll find your message in your mess.

A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?

This is not a "guilty pleasure" of mine, simply because I don't believe in "guilty" pleasures. Snobbery is just the public face of insecurity.

Don’t be the slave of public opinion.

Don't wait for a huge platform before you give of your best performance