Quotes About Self-promotion

You had to watch people—if you were not careful, all sorts of people would promote themselves well above their real station in life, causing nothing but confusion and uncertainty

Without socially positive opportunities to exercise our autonomy, we tend toward self-promotion over self-sacrifice and fixate on personal gain over collective prosperity.

Somewhere along the way I told myself to be confident. Sell yourself, Sarah Jane. Like Mr. Walter Chalmers sells his bitters.

preoccupation with fantasies of success; exhibitionism and insatiable attention-getting maneuvers;

I've never been interested in self-promotion and that side of politics; and if that means people judge that you're less prominent than others, that's a choice I've been willing to make.

I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

I always wrote about myself in the third person. I knew how to promote myself so it sounded intelligent. I know how to package myself.

I'm proud to know that I never needed an event to promote me, and I never had to lie about anyone.

I do not make an effort to promote myself as a brand. I just focus on making the right choices that feel right to me as an actor.

Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.

I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.

I don't do the media because of 'Woo-woo, Julia Butterfly,' as I call it. I'm not into promoting me. I'm into talking about why I've done what I've done, why I continue to do this work and why other people should care.

I'm not going to have anyone tell me what I can do promoting my product.

I never hired a PR agency in my life, nor do I believe in promoting and marketing my films.

I meet so many business women who shy away from the limelight or hesitate to put themselves forward for promotion, despite the fact they are brilliant at their jobs.

Actors don't like promotions, but I love it because I feel someone is actually interested in knowing me!

All writing is propaganda for the self.

The club motto was To Toot One's Own Horn is Unattractive.

I think sometimes the fighters aren't very clear on things, and even myself, I'm a fighter, a lot of fighters make mistakes about working their image and how they market themselves.

Some people have a blog that's, like, 'Today I brushed my teeth.' Well, who cares? Who cares that you brushed your teeth. Okay - you brushed your teeth! That's so massively egocentric, it's just ridiculous.

In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes. Special bonus: You can edit your own entry to make yourself seem even smarter.

Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it.