Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Public Perception Quotes
HopePublic PerceptionReligionSkepticism A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope.
IdentityIndividual BeliefsLeadershipPublic PerceptionReligion What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow the Pope... It is not a reflection of all religious people.
FameLovePublic Perception That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
Celebrity CultureHumorPublic PerceptionRelationshipsSurprise People were saying that David Geffen and I had gotten married and it just blew me away. Not that they thought I was gay, but that they thought I could land a guy that hot.
ControversyMarketing StrategiesMusic IndustryPublic PerceptionSelf-Destruction There are a lot of bands using self-abuse as a marketing gimmick.
AcceptancePerseverancePublic PerceptionSelf-Improvement I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control people's opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did.
CriticismHypocrisyPublic PerceptionSincerity It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
CultureEnthusiasmInnovationPublic PerceptionSpace Exploration I claim that space is part of our culture. You've heard complaints that nobody knows the names of the astronauts, that nobody gets excited about launches, that nobody cares anymore except people in the industry. I don't believe that for a minute.
Celebrity CultureCultural ImpactEntertainment IndustryMedia InfluencePublic Perception The celebrity-chef thing, even at its worst, its most annoying, its silliest, its goofiest, its most egregious and cynical, has been a good thing.
Artistic DevelopmentCreativityInnovationPublic Perception The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
ControversyDecision MakingLeadershipPoliticsPublic Perception Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever held, is obsessively discussed as a possible candidate in 2012. Why? She is not going to be president and will not be the Republican nominee unless the party wants to lose at least 44 states.
EconomicsMediaPoliticsPublic Perception The Conservative party now exists largely to misinform the public, to convince voters struggling through austerity that they have the same interests as billionaires and corporations.
IdentityJudgmentLonelinessPublic PerceptionResilience The worst times were the years I was alone. The image to the public entering the courtroom was eight men, of a certain size, and then this little woman sitting to the side. That was not a good image for the public to see.
HistoryLove AffairsMedia and PoliticsPublic PerceptionReality and Success Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter.
FameInfluenceLegacyPublic PerceptionReputation You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
Climate ChangeEmotional ResponseEnvironmental AwarenessPublic PerceptionScience and perception My interest is that there is a disconnect between the science and the size of the threat that people mention about nature, the planet and the climate, and the emotion that this triggers. So we are supposed to be extremely frightened people, but despite that we appear to sleep pretty well.
Celebrity CultureFan InteractionsMedia and PrivacyPublic PerceptionSocial Media We take a lot of pictures with fans, and when they walk away, their parents say, 'Who was that?'
CelebrityIdentityPerformancePublic PerceptionSelf-Expression It is a funny thing to step on stage and wear beautiful clothing and lots of makeup and stand in front of thousands of fans and be depicted as this goddess, this character.
AdmirationEgoPatriotismPublic PerceptionSelf-Expression Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.
