Charles Churchill Quotes

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

A man had rather a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish to be told.

It’s not only what you do in politics. It’s what you appear to do.

Southern women, especially upper-middle-class women, care deeply about appearances and what other people think.

Outward appearances mean everything.

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.

It's kinda all about image.

It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!.

A leader has to “appear” consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent

In a campaign, impressions can be much more important than facts and debate.

A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be.

Fame is a problem of perspective.

Fame is like a big eraser. It's strange, now that I'm famous. In my parents' opinion, all the shitty things - all the wreckage of my past - is erased. Now it's like I was never the kid who got arrested. Now I'm a wonderful son.

The image you project, in many circumstances, is far more valuable than your skills or your record of past accomplishments.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?

Your reputation is what influences people to think, feel and talk about you the way they do.

A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there.

The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.

I look much more civilized than I actually am.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying.

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.