Top 1200 Public Discourse Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

I think polling is the best way of gauging public opinion - doing something that's independent, that's quantitative, that doesn't give just the loud voices about how things are going; or doesn't give so called experts the notion that they know what public opinion is. I think that's what makes public opinion polling pretty important. Qualitative assessments of public opinion; going out and talking to people and understanding the nuance to what's behind the numbers. I think it's awfully important as well.

Allegories, when well chosen, are like so many tracks of light in a discourse, that make everything about them clear and beautiful.

Something has to happen between you and the public, some interface that lets the public in on what you're doing.

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it.

Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.

I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.

Of course we should harness IT to strengthen public protection and public service delivery.

I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got.

And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.

The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation.

I'm not sure that it matters as much to women as to our male colleagues to have the public adulation and be on the public mind.

When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler, the problem has not only entered the public consciousness -- it has also become a part of the public conscience. At that point, things in our democracy begin to hum.

Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice

There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.

I've been very clear all along that public lands must stay in public hands.

Public libraries are the last vestige of public free space.

I avoid the public because the English public is too aggressive these days for me.

Well, anything you want to make public is your public business.

Even though I was away from the public eye, I was in the public memory.

A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community.

All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression. It fosters creative, critical thought, and serves as a platform for civil discourse.

In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.

All business begins with the public permission and exists by public approval

I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow.

The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception of a common enemy.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

The MDGs have been useful in moving human rights and development discourse together and in highlighting the need for greater accountability at all levels.

Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.

We should be aiming for our entire system to reflect that public transportation is a public good.

Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public. They can learn in private; in public they have to know.

I was always more interested in public service. What I discovered is you could practice law and be a public servant.

What was a profitable business in one era can become a public utility and a recognized public good in the next.

The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

If one is to use public funds he must accept a responsibility to the public.

A man who will be the public leader, must know how to be the public follower.

I don't want to take a company public and not have it do extremely well and fail the public shareholder.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.

Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.

We make our own music, and the songs appeal to the public well, and the public likes them.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet.

The public be damned! (on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains Aug 1918

A lot of us grew up in public. That often means that you have to fail in public too.

Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.

Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.

We need to regain the art of civil discourse and more practically, I don't think you change anyone's mind by calling them names.

If people think of public art as something the public decides, it's impossible to make anything of substance.