T Quotes
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“The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject, and to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.”
“The public face is not always the true nature of a man.”
Source: Ghost Talker
“The public feels that if it's on the Internet and you can access it, you deserve it. You haven't committed any kind of crime. We may even have to rename piracy. But in any case, we have to confront it.”
“The public figures whom led a King's life on people's feet and their money are regarded as the 'Mother' and 'Father' of Tamil Nadu, whereas the public who raised on their own foot and their earnings are regarded as the fraudulent, red alert, it's the lockdown time”
“The public firm can nowhere maintain itself in free competition with the private firm; it is possible today only where it has a monopoly that excludes competition. Even that alone is evidence of its lesser economic productivity.”
“The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.”
Source: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
“The public for which masterpieces are intended is not on this earth.”
Source: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
“The public forgot Bofors, soon they will forget this as well”
“The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves.”
“The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.”
Source: Commentaries on the Laws of England
“The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than with results.”
“The public good must come before private interests.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“The public hardly suspects that their purchase of cosmetics, pet food, toothpaste, eggs and other common items have, in all likelihood, caused some form of animal suffering.”
“The public has a distorted view of science because children are taught in school that science is a collection of firmly established truths. In fact, science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries.”
“The public has a right to art ... Art is for everybody.”
“The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.”
“The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.”
“The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of taste, to flatter their absurd vanity, to tell them what they have been told before, to show them what they ought to be tired of seeing, to amuse them when they feel heavy after eating too much, and to distract their thoughts when they are wearied of their own stupidity.”
Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays
“The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.”
“The public has become my fairy godmother.”
“The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.”
“The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.”
“The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all — that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open — has disappeared. Is it still possible that one thousand people might group together in the dark and experience the dream that a single individual has directed?”
Source: I'm a born liar: a Fellini lexicon
“The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.”
“The public has moved beyond politicians. For example, I'm not worried about them repealing protections for the LGBT community, because the public is beyond that. I'm not worried about them being able to change the way in which we have reached out and provided many more opportunities for women. And I - but here's what does concern me. What concerns me is that they will make some judgments in the foreign policy area, without having thought it through that may cause a lot of problems.”
“The public has no idea that the deficit has been falling like a stone.”
“The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.”
“The public has yet to see TV as TV. Broadcasters have no awareness of its potential. The movie people are just beginning to get a grasp on film.”
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
“The public have neither shame or gratitude.”
“The public health authorities never mention the main reason many Americans have for smoking heavily, which is that smoking is a fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide.”
“The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.”
“The public history of all countries, and all ages, is but a sort of mask, richly colored. The interior working of the machinery must be foul.”
Source: Diary, 1794-1845: American Diplomacy and Political, Social, and Intellectual Life from Washington to Polk
“The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.”
“The public hungers to see talented young people kill themselves.”
“The public image of dinosaurs is tainted by extinction. It's hard to accept dinosaurs as a success when they are all dead. But the fact of ultimate extinction should not make us overlook the absolutely unsurpassed role dinosaurs played in the history of life.”
“The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.”
“The public interest always surprises me. I come to work in these rooms with no windows. At night I go home. I just live my life. I guess I just don't think much about whether people are going to watch. Most of my friends don't know much about what I do, and we don't talk about it. I have a different life away from work. Which is fine, because my work can get pretty intense.”
“The public interest may be presumed to be what men would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, acted disinterestedly and benevolently.”
“The public interest requires doing today those things that men of intelligence and good will would wish, five or ten years hence, had been done.”
“The public is a bad guesser.”
Source: De Quincey's Writings: Theological essays and other papers. 1854
“The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.”
“The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.”
“The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.”
“The public is a part of my real life.”
“The public is always good.”
“The public is always right.”
“The public is anold woman.Let her maunderand mumble.”
Source: The Sayings of Thomas Carlyle
“The public is being spoiled by good technical quality photographs in magazines, on television, in the movies, and they have become bored. The disease of our age is this boredom and a good photographer must successfully combat it. The only way to do this is by invention - by surprise.”
“The public is composed of numerous groups whose cry to us writers is: 'Comfort me.' 'Amuse me.' 'Touch my sympathies.' 'Make me sad.' 'Make me dream.' 'Make me laugh.' 'Make me shiver.' 'Make me weep.' 'Make me think.'”
Source: Pierre and Jean: And Other Stories