#private

The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#best #come #determined #howard #internet

Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#courtesy #government #handled #indispensable #most

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

#better #bureaucracy #fighting #gotten #held

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#convinced #i #language #main #obstacles

There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down. ↗

— Billie Piper

#be happy #because #beyonce #couple #down

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions. ↗

— Cal Thomas

#function #government #in other words #institutions #legitimate

Unfortunately, I had a feeling I would never get to my bed as the vacuuming would strike me dead of an aneurysm. Death by Dyson." - Reed ↗

— Kate Brian

#kate-brian #private #death

As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me. ↗

— Woody Guthrie

#freedom #land #private-property #sign #walking

When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#combine #intellectual #more #other #private

Throughout the world what remains of the vast public spaces are now only the stuff of legends: Robin Hood’s forest, the Great Plains of the Amerindians, the steppes of the nomadic tribes, and so forth… Rousseau said that the first person who wanted a piece of nature as his or her own exclusive possession and transformed it into the transcendent form of private property was the one who invented evil. Good, on the contrary, is what is common. ↗

— Antonio Negri

#empire #evil #good #private-property #nature