A Quote by Gavin Esler

Public displays of puritanical religiosity mask the private perversions of the real Washington behind closed doors.

Gavin Esler

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Behind Behind Closed Doors Closed Closed Doors Doors Mask Private Public Real Washington

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Gavin Esler
Scottish - Journalist
Born: February 27, 1953

You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.

Jonathan Powell

I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?

Brenda Blethyn

You don't have Republicans and Democrats behind closed doors. We have people passionate about national security behind closed doors. And I think that's the way that it should be.

James Lankford

I do think, even though you are a public figure, I do think you should be entitled to your privacy, and I do think that there are things that go on in relationships and behind closed doors that are completely private.

Tamara Ecclestone

Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.

Siri Hustvedt

Nothing is allowed in public, while everything is permitted behind closed doors.

Shahin Najafi

What is private and what is discussed behind closed doors, you do not have to be instructed at the age of fifty or sixty or forty or whatever to not talk about it outside.

Jay Rockefeller

It's better to negotiate behind closed doors than it is to be out throwing rocks at one another in the public square.

Bill Flores

Behind closed doors, Rob is a real teddy bear, a big softie.

Ayda Field

Nouns are seldom improved by the modifier 'public.' Few of us, given a private alternative, prefer public restrooms or public transportation or public displays of affection.

Steve Rushin

Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled.

Paul Davies

Magic is not so much something which you do occasionally behind closed doors or in the space behind your closed eyes, but a way of living your life — a way of approaching the world you move through and everything in it.

Phil Hine

There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off.

Al Goldstein

In the public mind, when they think of politicians, sadly they probably tend to think of men in grey suits doing work behind closed doors at Westminster. I want to get away from the idea.

Caroline Lucas

In public, Hillary Clinton talks about how she would represent all Americans and pushes the 'Stronger Together' campaign theme. But behind closed doors, there is no room for people of faith in her America.