Publicity Quotes

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.

I am king. I am lord. I am praiseworthy. I am important. I am magnificent. I am foremost. I am a hero. I am a warrior. I am a lion, and I am virile.

I think politicians and movie actors … are similar in more ways than they’re different. There is an egocentric quality about both; there is a very sensitive awareness of the public attitude, because you live or die on public favor or disfavor. There is the desire for publicity and for acclaim, because, again, that’s part of your life... And in a strange and bizarre way, when movie actors come to Washington, they’re absolutely fascinated by the politicians. And when the politicians go to Hollywood, they’re absolutely fascinated by the movie stars. It’s a kind of reciprocity of affection by people who both recognize in a sense they’re in the same racket.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

All fame is dangerous: Good, bringeth Envy; Bad, Shame.

Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

Over time the maintenance of U.S. credibility quietly supplanted the stated policy objective of a free and independent South Vietnam.

That's the great thing about social media: you can make one move, and everybody knows about it, and I kind of like that.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.

I don't worry about being bothered by the media. Either I'm going to talk or not talk.

Never take an elevator in city hall.

Great deeds and utterances are now so diluted with printer’s ink that we can no longer find a sage or saint.

People don't understand the logistics of advertising.

Remember this about any slander. Denial only emphasizes, and gives added importance to falsehood. Let it alone and it will die for want of nourishment.

It's not what you are in Hollywood - it's what people think you are.

I want more people to know who I am and I want to have the chance to tease my music a bit more.

If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.

When I was Under-Secretary, I never got quoted at all. Now everything I say gets noted and printed.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

There's no bad publicity except an obituary.

'Forrest Gump' was great, it was fabulous. It lasted much longer than anybody thought, and brought me a degree of attention that no human being on the face of the planet deserves.