A Quote by Joe Paterno

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

Joe Paterno

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Joe Paterno
American - Coach
December 21, 1926 - January 22, 2012

It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good.

Keith David

You can have villains like the Penguin, who strut around in a tuxedo with an umbrella, and Poison Ivy and all of the fantastic stuff she does, but unless there's a bit of a human in there, and unless there's a credible threat, then Batman himself doesn't work.

Paul Dini

Remember that no one can hurt you except yourself. If someone does a mean thing to you, that person is hurt. You are not really hurt unless you become embittered, or unless you become angry and perhaps do a mean thing in return.

Peace Pilgrim

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

Mahatma Gandhi

Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride/ You will not die, its not poison -Tombstone Blues

Bob Dylan

The body is like an elaborate metaphor. One may be able to taste and not swallow, like the anorexic, or to swallow and not integrate, like the bulimic or obese.

Marion Woodman

Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream.

John Berger

I do need publicity but not for what I do for good. I need publicity for my book. I need publicity for my fights. I need publicity for my movie but not for helping people. Then it is no longer sincere.

Muhammad Ali

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

Kevin Whately

Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.

Joseph Pulitzer

Criticism is like medicine. It’s poison unless carefully administered at the right dose.

Michael Hyatt

Flattery won't hurt you if you don't swallow it.

Kin Hubbard

Margaret Meade is always running around saying that marijuana's just like bread and water! Well, bread and water are poison, and marijuana's a poison. Now, if you like poison, why shouldn't you have it? But don't try to pretend that it's innocuous.

James Purdy

The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.