Tim Robbins Quotes

I could not lose [his gubernatorial race] unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.

If you ever plan to run for office, if you're a teenager, remember everything you do, every tweet, every Facebook posting, every picture you put on Instagram will be there forever for journalists and politicians - for your competition to dig up.

I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.

I didn't want to be known for punching out movie stars.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

The media is going to treat you good one day and bad the next day.

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

I couldn't stand people writing about me the way I write about politicians.

Smilin' for the Presidency

Political campaigns are only a slightly more polite form of ground battle.

The election campaign is no time to get involved in very, very serious issues.

If you’re going to be in national politics you have to maintain a thick skin.

A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way.

Just getting your name in the papers and having people talk about you is not always a good thing.

The Cowboys were never America's team any more than Anthony Weiner was America's congressman.

I'd tell you whose brand was tainted is Donald Trump. I mean, this guy was tainted every kind of way you could imagine. I mean, no way in the world that Donald Trump is a champion of working people.

I don't want to be in the news for anything negative.

Popularity has always been the key currency in choosing a president.

Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.

The media has had its fun with me.