Chris Christie Quotes

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

If you're a public figure, people have the right to speculate and gossip.

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.

I tend to keep the press at a distance, you know, and I don't really react to what they say. I react to what I feel more.

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

I choose to let the press say whatever they want and let people say whatever they want.

I will get into trouble, I am sure, because since my Kate Middleton speech and before, certain papers were after me. I am not saying, however, that it would have been moral or right to assassinate Mrs. [Margaret] Thatcher, but I know it will be read that way. I know it will cause a problem.

Donald Trump's negative enough, I don't need to add to that.

If Obama needs to be criticized, I will criticize him. There's a tremendous amount of excitement about him. And a corollary of that is, as we're learning, from newspapers and magazines that are going into overdrive reprinting Obama editions, etc.

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

I wouldn't agree with some of the things that the press writes about and that's all I have to say about that.

To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the media soup.

A public figure cannot control what people say in open meetings.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

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

I haven't said this yet, and I think I will say it. I stand by every word in the Hillary book to this day.

I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.

Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

English people have seen me get through scandals.

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.