Win The Life

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. - Abraham Lincoln

 

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity. - Russell Wayne Baker

 

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. - Margaret Thatcher

 

The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

 

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation. - Charles Evans Hughes

 

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. - Benjamin Disraeli

 

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working Americans. It is the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. - Lily Tomlin

 

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.-Learned Hand

 

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.-Henry B. Adams

 

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.-Gloria Swanson

 

The price of justice is eternal publicity.-Arnold Bennett

 

The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.-James Larkin

 

The soundtrack of O Brother is the most publicity I've gotten. I don't feel that I have lost any of my old fans, but I have gained new ones.-Ralph Stanley

 

The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded.-Wendie Malick

 

There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.-Ajay Devgan

 

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

 

There is such a thing as bad publicity.-Joyce Brothers

 

They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years.-Jane Russell

 

To be honest, I am not happy about all the publicity.-Jean Alesi

 

We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical.-Greg Ginn

 

We've had really good mainstream publicity for these books and both Wanted and Chosen were snapped up as movie deals before each series even ended so I'm honestly just pinching myself.-Mark Millar

 

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.-Abraham Lincoln

 

When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world.-Eric Schmidt

 

With publicity comes humiliation.-Tama Janowitz

 

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.-Benjamin Disraeli

 

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.-Teresa Nielsen Hayden

 

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.-Thomas Wolfe

 

It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity.-Michael Hutchence

 

It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.-Jonathan King

 

It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters.-Peter Benenson

 

John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.-Wally Schirra

 

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.-Donald Rumsfeld

 

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.-Donald Rumsfeld

 

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.-Russell Baker

 

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.-Namie Amuro

 

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.-Lily Tomlin

 

Of course I'm a publicity hound. Aren't all crusaders? How can you accomplish anything unless people know what you are trying to do?-Vivien Kellems

 

Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.-Cleo Moore

 

Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any.-Jane Russell

 

Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.-Joseph Barbera

 

Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.-Charles Evans Hughes

 

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.-Louis D. Brandeis

 

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.-Joe Paterno

 

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream.-John Berger

 

Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.-Joseph Pulitzer

 

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.-Teresa Nielsen Hayden

 

The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.-Jackie Chan

 

I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.-Sammy Davis

 

I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.-Barbara Hershey

 

I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for them. When you start producing and directing the movies become a little more like your children.-Campbell Scott

 

I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves.-David Baltimore

 

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.-Emma Watson

 

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus.-Giovanni Ribisi

 

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.-Barbara Steele

 

I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek.-Vanna White

 

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.-Vivien Leigh

 

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.-Kevin Spacey

 

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.-Elvis Presley

 

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.-Sammy Davis, Jr.

 

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.-Lauren Bacall

 

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.-C. Wright Mills

 

Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not doing any of that right now. I don't have any axes to grind.-Michael Nesmith

 

It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.-Terry Fox

 

It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good.-Keith David

 

It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years.-Meg Tilly

 

It never really bothered me that I never got the same publicity.-Marion Motley

 

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also.-Dexter Gordon