Peter Higgs Quotes

When I went through the Simpson case, I was a cop. Then I was a good cop. Then I was a bad cop. Then I had the media camped out in front of my house when I retired. Then, you know, I am the evilest thing on the planet. Then I write a few books, and then I start getting involved, like the Martha Moxley case.

Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.

Vice President Quayle has been the object of too much attention that does not flatter him.

That's garbage. Why can't they catch me in a sex scandal. I could use some good publicity.

I wasn't used to all these cameras getting stuck in my face. I feel like Justin Bieber sometimes.

Being in the public eye, you can't really avoid a lot of questions. A lot of questions are being thrown at you, whether it's about your personal life or your personal beliefs, and I'm happy to answer them all.

The topic of Sarah Palin has been open season to the media, entertainment industry, and club comics alike.

What shocks me is people who have no expertise championing a view that runs counter to the mainstream scientific consensus.

Science is really about individual experts reaching a consensus.

We all know that Sarah Palin loves attention.

It was very hard when the newspapers were chasing me. It was also very weird. I know I'd just become world champion but shouldn't they be following someone who has done something wrong?

Now, if I even say the wrong thing I make the news.

Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked.

Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.

It was a very, very strange experience to go through on social media. Before that, my social media life had been very tame. I had only just dipped my toes in the world of Twitter and was throwing out a tweet, here and there, of very boring and normal stuff. All of a sudden, Pornstache just turned my world upside down.

Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.

When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd.

All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.

Jennifer [Lawrence] is amazingly grounded in the midst of all this to do. It must be unnerving and hard to relate to the amount of attention she generates.

If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids.