Privately Quotes

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(on the responses to his being vegan) My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark. My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don`t put me in danger. For a while, every meal was the third degree, but when she couldn`t refute any of the thousands of good reasons--my health, simple compassion, the health of the planet, etc., etc.--for being a vegan, she conceded and now is very conscious of what food she makes when I am around--and, I believe, when I am not around. She is lovely. My father never blinked. He is for the most part unflappable. In a good way. Live and let live--unless you are being an asshole. He will privately mock, ridicule, judge, etc. But, hey, who`s gonna cast the first stone? For people who have been through it, made changes, had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me. No, I`m only kidding. It only scares me--I mean, the small-minded. I think if I gave my dad a five-minute rundown on the advantages of veganism, I could convert him without too much trouble. I`ll do it next time I see him. Maybe. I`m not much into the converting business, though.

- Casey Affleck

(on her sitcom "Married with Children" (1987), which ran from 1987 to 1997) The show definitely shocked and disgusted people. But, privately, they enjoyed laughing at it. I think all too often people look at the perfect families on television and think, "Why can`t my family be like that?" In the case of "Married with Children", people were able to say, "Thank God my family`s not like that!"

- Christina Applegate

"I think people always think success in show business gives them the right to be moral political arbiters. I`m not in that camp. I think you can privately do whatever you want, but I`m always suspicious of how much ego is involved. I think the government will survive no matter what Ed Norton thinks of it."

- Joel Schumacher

The show definitely shocked and disgusted people. But, privately, they enjoyed laughing at it. I think all too often people look at the perfect families on television and think `Why can`t my family be like that?` In the case of Married with Children" (1987), people were able to say, `Thank God my family`s not like that!`" - on her sitcom "Married with Children" (1987), which ran from 1987 to 1997.

- Christina Applegate

I`ve been grieving privately the past week and a half. My inclination would be, frankly, to remain private for a good long while. But I came here today in support of John Kerry because this is so important.

- Dana Reeve

Donald and I still really wanted to be together, but I was fighting to keep what we had privately, and once the world gets involved in your life, little by little it breaks it down until you forget what it was in the first place.

- Marla Maples

It is not widely known that one of the finest gun collections on the West Coast is Steven Spielberg`s. He shoots, but very privately.

- Charlton Heston

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It`s still the way I write, actually.

- Liz Phair

Publicly, we`re saying we`re better at fighting terrorism. Privately, we know that the bureaucracy has only gotten worse, since the high-level people are scared of being held responsible for 9/11.

- David Hunt

I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately.

- Antoine Fuqua

Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.

- Dalton Trumbo

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.

- Donald Rumsfeld

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

- James Baker

I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.

- Jeffrey Tambor

The only thing we don`t do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don`t always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor.

- Bobby Farrelly

That`s not the way the ballot is worded, ... There is nothing in the language that refers to anything but a privately-owned prison.

- Jeff Anderson

Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.

- Adrian McPherson

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I`d done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn`t read it.

- Alan Aiken

They`ve found a way to privately, or within a small family group, share expressions, or other images, drawings, and then gain access to some of the world`s great expressions and images and make them real, make them tangible.

- Alisha Marigoni

He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency.

- Allison Krauss

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.

- Ami Brophy

The space domain for manned spaceflight is no longer the domain of a huge bureaucracy spending billions of dollars. We can do it privately,

- Angela Moody

The space domain for manned spaceflight is no longer the domain of a huge bureaucracy spending billions of dollars. We can do it privately.

- Angela Moody

We fear this `obstruction of justice` procedure is a judicial device for the government to yet again settle some scores with the privately-owned media and at the same time subject them to state censorship.

- Ann Darrin

ISDA is committed to working with public policymakers and market practitioners to further encourage the prudent and efficient development of the privately negotiated derivatives business in China. A fundamental part of that commitment involves educating constituencies on the importance of sound risk management practices. The Glossary will enhance understanding of collateral arrangements and their value as credit risk mitigation tools.

- Baby Doe