George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations."
Publicity quotes
Publicity
156 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Jane Russell
Actress
"Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any."
Charles Evans Hughes
Politician, Lawyer
"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"
Madonna Ciccone
Singer
"Some people out there think everything I do is a publicity stunt, they think when I go to the bathroom it's a publicity stunt."
Ava Gardner
Actress
"Hollywood - that's a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, 'Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all."
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"As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity."
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"[On refusing to allow photos to be published of herself and her children:] A lady's name should appear in print only three times, at her birth, marriage, and death."
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"A fool and his money get a lot of publicity."
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"There is such a thing as bad publicity."
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"A boy has to peddle his book."
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"I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get repeated publicity."
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"Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity."
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"Actually, 19 is in charge of our career at that point. FOX publicity is in charge of the publicity that we get. I'm fine with it, it is really organized."
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"It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict."
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"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."
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"I am happy to exhibit, but not to put myself on exhibition."
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"[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them."
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"Publicity is like eating peanuts. Once you start you can’t stop."
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"Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along."
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"I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own."
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"Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good."
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"I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that."
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"I made publicity contracts with Nike, several broadcasting companies and airline companies within Australia."
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"I do a lot of sexy publicity, but I have yet to have any bad experiences regarding jealousy."
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"I consider Madonna a friend, and she sure knows how to work the publicity machine. Of course, I don't have breasts. If I did have, I'd be in the number one spot over Madonna."
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