Newt Gingrich Quotes

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.

The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.

One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

But hey, controversy - well, it hasn't hurt me in 50 years.

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

If you see me as a controversial artist or controversial human being, then I could be cashing in on some reality shows. I am not doing anything like that. That's not my aim.

You can't turn fame off regardless if you're a platinum-selling artist or you're in jail every week. If you're famous, you're famous. You're in the headlines either way you go.

Celebrity is quite a fraught word. It is not something I aspire to, but I can certainly see why it could be.

Maybe I should have a scandal - then I can be on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

As someone who has never been in a gossip magazine, I do not deserve the contempt of the term 'celebrity.'

I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

There's a lot of difference between being well known and being notorious and the black paintings didn't make me well known - they made me notorious.

Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.

I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.

Well it's not easy being Tiger Woods on the course. It's not easy being Tiger Woods off the course. In his defense, it's not easy being Tiger Woods.

I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.

I do not deny I brought most of my notoriety on myself, nor do I apologize for it.

I didn't want to be known as Madonna's playboy, her boy toy.