Amitabh Bachchan Quotes

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.

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

Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity.

Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them.

Never let a national crisis go to waste.

Good political leadership for me involves getting the big decisions right - however difficult, however controversial, however potentially divisive and then being able to take people with you.

We have a crisis in confidence because we have an absence of leadership.

After a national crisis, it’s never too early for a partisan debate in Washington.

When men understand what each other mean, they see for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.

I always turn to Wendy Williams when there's any type of ethical or moral crisis in our country.

That was the coolest thing about 'Baby Got Back.' The establishment didn't embrace the song, which is what kept me from being the next pop guy to fizzle out and get laughed at, get dissed on TV. That helped save me. The fact that MTV banned the record made the record, in a weird way.

I was always fighting the establishment, trying to run through brick walls.

Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.

I have found myself under a wave of investigation and criticism from the moment I was elected. Since my first days in the Prime Minister's Office I have had to fight against evil attacks while I have been busy making decisions on crucial matters related to Israel's security and existence.

When there is a crisis, how you handle the crisis is just as important as the crisis.

Politics, by its nature, emits a lot noise.

When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.

When I did 'Jerry Springer: The Opera,' there was a big fuss, largely centered around the misrepresentation of its content. Had Twitter existed then, that would have been over in a week because people who had actually seen it would have been able to get control of the story through social media.

It sounds odd, but it's almost hard to find a piece of negative press about myself.

Crises are inherent to market economies, but managing them is the key to political success, and the media plays a vital role in getting the policy message across.

I don't need a certificate of my patriotism from those in the establishment.

Now, I bow to nobody when it comes to estimating the influence of 'This Week.'

What makes you the establishment is if you buy into it.

In Australia, I think, there's so much baggage with it. You just mention 'Snowtown,' and everyone's got an opinion about it.

When issues emerge that might harm a campaign, like the Clinton e-mails, you have to get all the facts out right away, but not before you have all the facts.