Phil Collins Quotes

It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect.

I acknowledge the right of the authorities and the press to satisfy themselves as to whether I am the anthrax mailer. This does not, however, give them the right to smear me and gratuitously make a wasteland of my life in the process. I will not be railroaded.

The media had me convicted of doing something wrong before I had even done anything at all, before I had talked to anyone, before I get out of bed. I'm always the bad person.

Even the biggest of criminals don't go through what I or my family went through. A small incident was portrayed in the wrong way in front of the world. Maybe that's how the world works.

My name has been cleared after being blacklisted even though it was for no fault of mine.

Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage of others' hardships in order to earn a buck. Nothing could be further from the truth.

About 30 percent of the time, witnesses in real cases, who pick someone and say yes, that is the person who committed the crime, are wrong.

Every libel … is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment..

Justice delayed has the same consequences as justice denied.

I'm being treated like a criminal by the Polish government. It's just insane. I haven't done anything. What are they accusing me of?

I was very protective of my privacy. I didn't want people to write bad things about me that weren't true, because that's just not fair. Fifty percent of everything written about me is wrong.

Everywhere I go, people think I'm Helen Hunt.

I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.

Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days.

On the street, I get either 'Are you the Red Viper?' or 'Are you Javier Pena?'

I've been bashed my whole career.

Sometimes people come to my standup show, and they think they're going to see Doug Wilson. Or they see me on the street, and they call me Doug Wilson.

A few people thought I was Bill Clinton, because of the name. I've never complained. Just the fact that you recognise me is enough. Even if you think I'm Chaka Khan.

The worst thing about being in the public eye is that journalists write things that you can't control.

When we need a policeman, God bless 'em, they're there. But, if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, everything seems suspicious.

Through the feigned fury of divine emotion, the wife of the great one will be badly wronged. Judges, wishing to condemn such a doctrine, the victim will be sacrificed to the ignorant people.

I know people started suspecting whether I was a woman or a man. All the honour I earned - I lost.

The only thing worse than domestic violence or abuse is being accused of it when you haven't done it.

It's a little strange when part of your family is in the public eye, and you're being put into a box that you're not necessarily in. That's when it starts to feel a bit odd: When you're being told who you are, but it's incorrect.

My own son called me Eddie Murphy's brother once. Once.