Public Relations Quotes

• There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Humor, Things In Life

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 1 (1891) See Behan 3; Modern Proverbs 71

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• The formulation of a public relations strategy properly begins with listening, not talking.

  Leonard Saffir

  Talking, Listening, Strategy

  Leonard Saffir, Jack Tarrant (1993). “Power Public Relations: How to Get PR to Work for You”, N T C Business Books

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• Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.

  Richard Branson

  Communication, Stories, Pages

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• If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR!

  Bill Gates

  Communication, Marketing, Dollars

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• PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success

  Lee Haney

  Mean, Important, Use

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• The three main elements of public relations are practically as old as society: informing people, persuading people, or integrating people with people. Of course, the means and methods of accomplishing these ends have changed as society has changed.

  Edward Bernays

  Mean, People, Three

  Edward L. Bernays (2013). “Public Relations”, p.3, University of Oklahoma Press

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• It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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• It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.

  Errol Flynn

  Funny, Leadership, Wisdom

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Night, Greatness, Born Leaders

  "Book of Humorous Quotations" by Connie Robertson, (p. 29), 1998.

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• Public Relations is the management of communication between an organization and its publics.

  James E. Grunig

  Communication, Organization, Management

  David M. Dozier, Larissa A. Grunig, James E. Grunig (2013). “Manager's Guide to Excellence in Public Relations and Communication Management”, p.9, Routledge

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• A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Truth, Honesty

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

  George Orwell

  Doe, Want, Publicity

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• The history of PR is... a history of a battle for what is reality and how people will see and understand reality.

  Stuart Ewen

  Reality, People, Battle

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• There's no such thing as bad publicity.

  P. T. Barnum

  Advertising Business, Publicity, Obituary

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• What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, Humility, Giving

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Inspirational, Nature, Science

  Rogers Commission Report on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident appendix (1986)

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• My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.

  Alvin Adams

  Communication, Views, Keys

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• The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.

  Jack McDevitt

  Successful, Careers, Perception

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• The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.

  Anita Loos

  Years, America, Fake

  Anita Loos (1974). “Kiss Hollywood good-by”, Viking Adult

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• You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now. Two-hundred and fifty thousand people in public relations. And a dwindling number of actual reporters and journalists.

  Robert Crumb

  Two, Numbers, America

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• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]

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• I work hard in social work, public relations, and raising the Grimaldi heirs.

  Grace Kelly

  Work, Heirs, Royalty

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• There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

  Brendan Behan

  Advertising Business, Publicity, Obituary

  In Dominic Behan My Brother Brendan (1965) p. 158

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• I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Fighting, Order

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• How do you get into magazines? How can you get on TV or in your local newspaper? What can you do so others will take notice of your art? When I was first trying to get noticed, all of these questions went through my mind. After a lot of trial of error and a lot of reading, I began to understand the world of public relations.

  Mark Edward

  Art, Reading, Errors

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