Lane Kiffin Quotes

Almost every week, someone's mad at me.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

My criticisms of late-night TV blew up some old friendships and sparked some new ones.

Pretty sure I always say things that upset people, get under people's skin.

If you're doing your job right, some substantial group of people [is] going to be mad at you.

There isn't anything that is said that 'someone' won't take issue with.

Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.

I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?

I've gotten resistance for my entire career.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.

I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them.

Oh my God, I don't think you can say anyone looks forward to controversy.

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

I like to be loved by my children, and I quite like the 'Guardian' hating me. I like it when I read they want me to die painfully. Then I think I've really got under their skin. It's like annoying a teacher. Once they've shown signs of weakness, you really can go for them.

The more people love you, the more there's going to be people that hate you.

I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.

If you want to be noticed, attack somebody.

Truth purchaseth hatred.

I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out.

Whatever I do becomes controversial.

I've been called a traitor a few times in my life by some of my countrymen.

When I was in my heyday, of course I had those who hated me. They were supposed to hate the opposition. But it's good, though. It feels good.

Everything I say, I expect backlash from it.

When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.