Public Perception Quotes

"People say bad things about you in the paper on Monday, and then on Wednesday, you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread. I’ve seen that cycle, so why would I be nervous about it happening?" "We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster." "The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses" "When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare." "I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public I can somehow cure my own legend" "The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people they think it's their fault" "I can't go anywhere without someone judging me." "People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to." "Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left." "In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated" "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." "I'm very savvy about celebrities and mostly what effects the celebrity culture has on people." "When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it." "The only thing fame has changed about me is that I'm more self-aware when I go out in public" "Maybe we shouldn't be too dependent on politicians trying to make us believe that we are safe only because of their actions" "The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid such scandal and hatred as would cost him the affection of the people" "It’s a fickle thing; fame. But I value my privacy above all things." "It's not that I'm liberal. It's that this country isn't as conservative as it's being portrayed" "The only sadnesses that are dangerous and unhealthy are the ones that we carry around in public in order to drown them out with the noise." "Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel"