P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.”
Source: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde
“Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government, that neither shall assume the exercise of powers entrusted by the Constitution to the other.”
“Public opinions are not your reality... Stay focused on your dream.”
“Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the windows will be broken.”
“Public people are definitely captives. It wasn't really my ambition, but that's what happened. If I could find another word that would be more precise, I'd tell that I'm captive of my need for acknowledgement. People ask me, "Isn't it terrible to be famous?" Not for me! I sort of need it. To be honest, I always enjoyed it. It's as if it gave me some structure. It's as if I needed someone else's eyes to look at myself.”
“Public places are for everyone to enjoy. Never allow a bully to infringe upon your right to use.”
“Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.”
“Public policy today is favoring the rich, not the poor. It's not addressing the needs of the poor.”
“Public postures have the configuration of private derangement.”
Source: Tom Stoppard Plays 5: The Real Thing; Night & Day; Hapgood; Indian Ink; Arcadia
“Public prayers are of little worth unless they are founded on or followed up by private praying.”
Source: Power Through Prayer
“Public radio has always been so powerless.”
“Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.”
“Public reason arguments can be good or bad just like other arguments.”
“Public reformers had need first practice on their own hearts that which they purpose to try on others.”
“Public Relations agents who are not able or willing to keep up with the fast-changing times, including digital and social media demands and innovative branding trends, will eventually fade away.”
“Public relations, as with all forms of branding and marketing is manipulation. This is why you have to have a firm ethic standing to engage in these practices.”
“Public relations boosts the value of your trade show presence by attracting new customers, driving booth traffic, and securing coverage in trade publications. It also opens doors to journalists and bloggers you might not have reached otherwise. Best yet, many of the opportunities cost nothing.”
Source: Trade Show 411: The Essential Guide to Exhibiting Like a Pro
“Public Relations is all about perception. The more branding initiatives you add to the fluff, the better your chances of making the story a reality.”
“Public relations is just as much about strategic branding, creating a publicity agenda, and fostering engagement with your target audience as it is about building a notable image.”
“Public Relations is the management of communication between an organization and its publics.”
Source: Manager's Guide to Excellence in Public Relations and Communication Management
“Public Relations? Three billion people who are on social media are dealing with “relations,” and everything has become “public”.”
Source: The Global PR Revolution: How Thought Leaders Succeed in the Transformed World of PR
“Public relations, in this country, is the art of adapting big business to a democracy so that the people have confidence that they are being well served and at the same time the business has freedom to serve them well.”
“Public school - where the human mind is drilled and manipulated into submission to various social and moral spooks, and thus fitted to continue our system of exploitation and oppression.”
Source: Emma Goldman: Making speech free, 1902-1909
“Public school felt like prison - cinderblock walls, fluorescent lights, metal lockers. It was so sterile and unstimulating.”
“Public school system status quo is indefensible.”
“Public school teachers are the new priesthood while traditional religion is ridiculed and maligned.”
Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism
“Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One took me into her family and loved me back to life. She taught me that love is not formed and families are not formed by blood. That love makes a family.”
“Public schooling does not serve a public; it creates a pubic.”
“Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of socialism existing in America.”
“Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.”
“Public schools teaching students to hate America as the left appeases Muslims with "religious literacy training."”
“Public Schools too often fail because they are shielded from the very force that improves performance and sparks innovation in nearly every other human enterprise - competition.”
“Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.”
“Public-sector employment — another way to be shielded from reality.”
“public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.”
“Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”
Source: Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”
Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
“Public sentiment is not observed. The wealthy and powerful gain a ready hearing, but the plodding, suffering, unorganized complaining multitude are spurned and derided.”
“Public Servant: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“Public servants along with payment also get power, they should beat any private sector employee, any social work volunteer at providing good public service.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.”
Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001
“Public servants are the only servants who are routinely rude to their payer and still manage to retain their position and payment.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Public servants in this Europe often do their best when they stop caring about whether they'll be fired.”
Source: The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
“Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector.”
Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.”
“Public service announcement: In case of a terrorist attack, bottled water and duct tape are not going to do a damn thing. So do what Homeland Security Dir. Tom Ridge does: Get really drunk, and pick up a hooker.”
“Public service does not necessarily mean service in the House of Commons, and public service is not synonymous with partisan political activity. It comes in a thousand colours, but the common denominator is: it's not about me - it's about we.”
“Public service is good for you.”
“Public service is my motto.”
“Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.”
Source: Declaration of conscience