Bill O'Reilly Quotes

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control.

I think it's a very dangerous game to play when you assume that just because someone's an entertainer, they're automatically a role model. Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself. They're just doing their own version of entertaining.

Film stars and players can be sources of entertainment but never ideals.

We as parents, and the control culture, it is our responsibility to make sure we give the right perceived norms and the right cultural conditions.

Actors have a social responsibility.

I don't like the idea of famous people.

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.

I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.

I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win.

The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

I've walked with very famous people down red carpets over to the crowd of thousands of people, and you'll reach out to shake their hand and they've got a camera in their hand. And they don't even get their hand out, because they're recording the whole time.

Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes.

That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.

No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

The child becomes largely what it is taught; hence we must watch what we teach it, and how we live before it.

If the official is himself upright, the people will play their roles without orders. If he is not upright, even under orders the people will be disobedient.

Obviously, as somebody who is famous, I have a particular responsibility

A society needs famous people; the question is whom it chooses for that role. Any criticism of its choice is by implication a criticism of that society.

The transmission of our culture is as important as the transmission of wealth. Children are always watching us.

It's important to make teens realize the influence they have over others.

Forty-five million people hit that button for 'In These Streets.' When you find out you have that kind of popularity, you better use it. It's called responsibility.