Raymond K. Price Quotes

You often see politicians who try to put on a different persona; they think they should be more jolly or serious. Invariably, the persona they choose is worse than their own.

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

There's a basic law, Klein's second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats cold, with the exception of Richard Nixon. The nicer guy usually wins.

We all know that looks matter, and modern politicians have always assumed that their battles are decided on both substance and image.

You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.

I allow the public to believe that I have more influence with the King than I do in reality.

Everyone thinks Lily Allen is this brash, bold, funny person. It was all just a bit of a facade and bravado.

What audiences see is a curated version of myself.

And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between.

I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.

In politics you learn to always smile.

Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.

Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.

The image you see of me out in public is really different from who I am in real life.

Politics is show business for ugly people.

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

Sometimes heads of state have to make statements for [local] public consumption.

Choose the politics of principle over the politics of personality.

The public official must pick his way nicely, must learn to placate though not to yield too much, to have the art of honeyed words but not to seem neutral, and above all to keep constantly audible, visible, likable, even kissable.

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.