Image Management Quotes

Politics is the art of achieving power and prestige without merit.

Being in the public eye, you're always worried about what angle people are going to take pictures of you at. I don't really care anymore.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

I gave Romney some advice. I said “Mitt, just relax and be one of your selves.”

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

How can a president not be an actor?

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

I've never played the PR game.

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

It’s not what you are that counts; it’s what people think you are.

I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Dress for success. Image is very important. People judge you by the way you look on the outside.

I'm never really conscious of saying, "I'm going to take on a specific role to combat a certain image in the public eye." I think that's pretty manipulative and transparent to the public anyway.

A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get 'em the right kind of hat, and if anything's wrong with their nose, if it's a little crooked, it's got to be straightened up.

It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.

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.

People always expect Hulk Hogan to be standing up straight, or to have the bandanna on, or to not have my arms covered up. If I have an extra large shirt on people go 'oh yeah you look small.' It kind of ruins the mystique.

I take my craft seriously, of course, but I don't feel the need to always play a certain character or a certain part or persona. I'm not going to cut something out of my life because it's not 'my image.' I want to be open enough that if I love something, I can do it, and it will add to myself as an entertainer.

Being in adverts, it's a tricky thing, I suppose.

The single biggest weakness that politicians have as a group is that they want people to like them.

It is so important – the setting in which the President is presented to the world.

I don't stage my own publicity.

According to success do we gain a reputation for judgement.

Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.