Ted Cruz Quotes

It might seem paradoxical given my profession, but I'm not someone who likes to be in the limelight.

If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.

I want people to be surprised.

It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.

The best way to get somebody's attention is with a little quiet, and then yell at 'em.

A good impression is lost so quickly.

I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.

Success for some people, depends on becoming well-known, for others it depends on never being found out.

Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

When I meet somebody I want to leave a better impression than when I got there.

The sound of a small bell during a dark night, is louder than the din of traffic outside your window during rush hour. Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.

It has to be fun for you when you see somebody at a distance and you take their opinion of what they're going to be like and then you go interview them, and they're totally different. You're like, wow, I didn't expect that.

The way you present your work has a lot to do with how people receive and regard it.

When a modest man praises himself, people listen.

In any new situation, whether it involves an elevator or a rocket ship, you will almost certainly be viewed in one of three ways. As a minus one: actively harmful, someone who creates problems. Or as a zero: your impact is neutral and doesn't tip the balance one way or the other. Or you'll be seen as a plus one: someone who actively adds value. Everyone wants to be a plus one, of course. But proclaiming your plus-oneness at the outset almost guarantees you'll be perceived as a minus one, regardless of the skills you bring to the table or how you actually perform.

Some praise me, some blame me. I go the other way. Sometimes those things that attract the most attention to us are the things which afford us the greatest privacy

You could have knocked me down with a fender.

You're everything I thought you never were and nothing like I thought you could've been.

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.

I think just as armament had a major impact of a negative kind in the world, education is something which has a major impact of a positive kind in the world. And I think the American population, with its humanity and with its concern about the future of the world, has a real reason to think about what it can do to help the world in expanding education.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

Make sure they remember you.

I have a bunch of headshots that I like to throw at people - with some backups. I give them like three copies just so they don't forget me.

It was scary when the Beatles came on the scene. It was like an earthquake or a fire or an accident.