Public Downfall Quotes

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.

I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down.

It's been fascinating over the last few years, watching the high and mighty in business and politics fall precipitously-not because their plans didn't work, but because their character flaws undercut those plans. Whether the microphone caught them making racist comments or their greed overcame their common sense, who they were as people made all the difference-more than their résumés, their degrees, or even their past successes. If you fail at the art of being human and staying human, you recklessly court disaster.

I am still waiting for the day that they say, 'Time's up, Blanco. Back to your shift at Walmart.'

In 2007, Lindsay Lohan seemed to be on top of the world, a bona fide star who had her pick of acting gigs. But it wasn't long before the veneer cracked, and Lindsay's life began to shatter.

I'll never die. I'll just explode, right there before your eyes, onstage.

I was found on Youtube. I think I was detrimental to my own career.

Some of those kid stars who got screwed up were pretty talented. My mom warns me every day what can happen. Sometimes she clips the headlines out and puts them in my room.

Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.