Joyce Banda Quotes

A president aiming for 'Great' or 'Near Great' status must do more. He must give lots of interviews, make records accessible, and heap the flattery on academia - each of which Mr. Bush has signally failed to do.

I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.

You can make the First Lady's job whatever you want it to be. To some women the job is more involved with the entertaining. They feel at home doing the things at home.

In terms of client & press requests, I operate under the assumption that anything I say will be blasted out in public, so I measure my words incredibly carefully because of the scrutiny I'm under.

Parliamentarians certainly know how to do bad public relations.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.

In politics you learn to always smile.

My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'

In a way I think Bill Clinton is more likely to forgive and move on or at least try to woo people who don't love him. But he never really tried to woo the press as much as he might have.

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.

During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.

In my first company, Seer Technologies, where I was chief technology officer, we shied away from the media. We watched every word and were guarded in front of journalists.

I don't often get angered by the things press spokespeople say. Most of these people have difficult jobs and are often forced to be the public faces of policies they had nothing to do with creating.

I shake hands very gladly politically. I don't think you could be a politician if you didn't shake hands.

Sure, I've done movies in which I was embarrassed by my performance, or might not have cared for a co-star. Then I'd have to tell lies, like, 'Oh, we love each other; everything was perfect!'

A President has to do the image stuff that will help him so that he can do the substantive things he wants to do.

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved—commitment to a scenario.