#public

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#distracts #ego #great #looking #man

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#envelope #eye #failure #feel #get

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. ↗

— Lord Acton

#bear #degenerates #discussion #does #even

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ↗

— Aesop

#appoint #great #great ones #hang #office

It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#fault #interested #media #more #public

His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day. ↗

— Mary Antin

#bare #conversation #correctly #day #evening

Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#bit #felt #freaks #going #had

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. ↗

— Alfred Austin

#more #opinion #other #people #public

I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown. ↗

— Alan Autry

#appropriate #downtown #goal #i #order

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. ↗

— James Baker

#privately #publicly #quietly #sometimes #top