40+ PR Quotes All Public Relation Professionals Must Know By Heart

If you’re in search of PR quotes, you’re in the right place. I, too, was on a browsing for a noteworthy public relations quote to share with our PressPitch.io audience. 

It took me a while to discover some that were truly amazing and share-worthy quotes about public relations from some of the brightest minds in the marketing world. 

So we thought, why not should we share these with you, so you can just pick and use them wherever you want.

Without further ado, let’s begin.

Here are 50 quotes about public relations:

  1. “Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front-page ad.” – Richard Branson
  2. “The history of PR is… a history of a battle for what is reality and how people will see and understand reality.” – Stuart Ewen
  3. “Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.” – Alvin Adams
  4. “PR means telling the truth and working ethically – even when all the media want is headlines and all the public wants is scapegoats.” – Charlene Li
  5. “Public relations is at best promotion or manipulation, at worst evasion and outright deception. What it is never about is a free flow of information.” – Heather Brooke
  6. “In public relations, silence is a lie.” – Jean-Louis Gassée
  7. “Public relations specialists make flower arrangements of the facts, placing them so the wilted and less attractive petals are hidden by sturdy blooms.” – Alan Harrington
  8. “PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success.” – Lee Haney
  9. “Public-relations specialists make flower arrangements of the facts, placing them so that the wilted and less attractive petals are hidden by sturdy blooms.” – Alan Harrington
  10. “The art of publicity is a black art but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.” – Thomas Paine
  11. “Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.” – Joseph Pulitzer
  12. “There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.” – Brendan Behan
  13. “All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.” – Brendan Behan
  14. “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” – P.T. Barnum
  15. “Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.” – John D. Rockefeller
  16. “If I was down to my last dollar, I would spend it on public relations.” – Bill Gates
  17. “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” – Warren Buffet
  18. “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde
  19. “There’s no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.” – Brendan Behan
  20. “What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” – Abraham Lincoln
  21. “Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don’t have any.” – Jane Russell
  22. “The only thing worse than bad publicity is no publicity at all.” – Phineas T Barnum
  23. “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde
  24. “There’s no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary” – Brendan Behan
  25. “In PR, practice perspective, you’re only as good as your last placement.” – Christina Daves
  26. “PR means telling the truth and working ethically – even when all the media want is headlines and all the public wants are scapegoats.” – Charlene Li
  27. “PR people are often called ‘spin doctors,’ which to us conjures up an image of weird zombie voodoo witch doctors.” – Rich Leigh
  28. “PR is part of the good fight, as it were: someone needs to do it.” – Bob Barker
  29. “PR sometimes stands for ‘press release,’ but not often.” – Brian Solis

PR Quotes From Professionals

  1. “Good PR educates, great PR inspires.” – Emily White, Prism Communications Inc.
  2. “PR is not about your company’s vision, it’s about how the world perceives it.” – Sarah Parker, Horizon PR Solutions
  3. “Publicity works best when it’s not about you, but about what you can do for others.” – Michael Turner, Insightful Media Services
  4. “PR is not just about telling your story, it’s about listening and responding to the stories of others.” – Jessica Adams, ConnectPR Pros
  5. “PR is about building good relationships, it’s not just about getting media coverage.” – Andrew Lee, ImpactRelations
  6. “PR is not spin or manipulation. It’s about creating and maintaining authentic relationships.” – Brian Martinez, True North PR Solutions
  7. “Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what people say about you behind your back.” – Lisa Davis
  8. “In PR, you don’t have to make things up, the truth is always more compelling.” – Christopher Walker
  9. “Your brand is your promise to your customers. What you promise must be what you deliver.” – Olivia Green
  10. “PR is about credibility, not just visibility.” – Daniel Reed
  11. “PR is not about the ‘sell’, it’s about the story you can tell.” – Emily Carter
  12. “Your reputation precedes you, make sure it’s worth talking about.” – Alex Turner
  13. “The best PR is not PR at all – it’s about creating a genuine connection with your audience.” – Megan Adams, MeganPR Inc.
  14. “In PR, it’s not about who you know, it’s about who knows you.” – Rebecca Hall
  15. “In the world of PR, a whisper can be louder than a shout.” – Olivia Turner, GirlsMedia
  16. “PR is not just about selling a product, it’s about selling a story.” – Jacob White, Maple relations
  17. “In PR, perception is reality.” – Christopher Robinson, MyPR Group
  18. “Your brand is a reflection of your culture and your values.” – Emma, Branding Sol Ltd.
  19. “PR is about making meaningful connections in a noisy world.” – Matthew Hall, Connekt PR
  20. “In PR, every interaction is an opportunity to build trust.” – Ryan Carter, Linkster PR Pros
  21. “PR is about building relationships, not just contacts.” – Laura Green, Rev marketing
  22. “Your reputation is the most valuable asset you have. Don’t compromise it for anything.” – Michael Adams, PRGuardians Inc.