Monica Lewinsky Quotes & Sayings

I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal and that certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false. — Monica Lewinsky

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop. — Monica Lewinsky

I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn't resist the dessert. — Monica Lewinsky

I have spent the past several years working so hard to just move on, and to try and build a life for myself. — Monica Lewinsky

She has slimmed down since the height of impeachment, her thick blow-dried hair as shiny as Russian sable and her creamy cleavage, as historic in its own way as Mount Rushmore, was quite wonderful to behold. — Monica Lewinsky

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media. — Monica Lewinsky

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky. — Monica Lewinsky

He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that. — Monica Lewinsky

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI. — Monica Lewinsky

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth. — Monica Lewinsky

Building a more compassionate society is going to be a bilateral exercise between individuals and the brands that represent their aspirations, their values and their truths. People make brands. If people are compassionate, brands will be compassionate in return. — Monica Lewinsky

I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent counsel's office was comfortable with what I said was the truth. — Monica Lewinsky

Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it ... you can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world. — Monica Lewinsky

The jokes that take my last name and equate them to a sex act ... is a really cruel thing to do. — Monica Lewinsky

But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that ... I was worthy of being number one to a man. — Monica Lewinsky

It was a mutual relationship. — Monica Lewinsky

Overnight, I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one. I was Patient Zero. — Monica Lewinsky

I know I will never have an affair with a married man again. — Monica Lewinsky

Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me. — Monica Lewinsky

It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president. — Monica Lewinsky

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job. — Monica Lewinsky

My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word ... — Monica Lewinsky

I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea of sharing your life with the right person is amazing, actually. — Monica Lewinsky

I think probably the qualities that I look for in a man are somewhat different than they were before I became a public person, but not that much different. I think that, sort of, the element of trust is certainly much bigger for me, but the other things that - the other qualities, intelligence and kindness and sense of humor, those things. — Monica Lewinsky

I was brought up with lies all the time ... that's how you got along ... I have lied my entire life ... — Monica Lewinsky

I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it. — Monica Lewinsky

Do you want me to answer that? — Monica Lewinsky

There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price. — Monica Lewinsky

People who know Clinton knew the guy has a real problem keeping his hands off women. — Monica Lewinsky

I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility? — Monica Lewinsky

I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened. — Monica Lewinsky

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself. — Monica Lewinsky

Online we have a compassion deficit — Monica Lewinsky

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied. — Monica Lewinsky

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person. — Monica Lewinsky

I lost my public self, or had it stolenIn a way, it was a form of identity theft. — Monica Lewinsky

I certainly know that this relationship could not have continued the way it did, when I was at the Pentagon and the president was obviously at the White House, without Betty. — Monica Lewinsky

I think anybody who really knows me knows I'm not a media hound and knows that I'm really sort of trying to do the best I can with the situation that I found myself in. — Monica Lewinsky

I felt like a piece of trash. I felt dirty and I felt used and I was disappointed. — Monica Lewinsky

I've been told by the prosecutors and by my own attorneys I should go to law school. I guess I have a knack for it. — Monica Lewinsky

We talk a lot about our right to freedom of expression, but we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention — Monica Lewinsky

Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position, — Monica Lewinsky

Changing behaviours begins with evolving beliefs. — Monica Lewinsky

To mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing. — Monica Lewinsky

I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again. — Monica Lewinsky

Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry, — Monica Lewinsky

I'm kind of known for something that's not so great to be known for. — Monica Lewinsky

I try to make very careful decisions about what I choose to do, and it's - I know that unfortunately one of the misperceptions about me, I think, is that I'm sort of a moth to the limelight. — Monica Lewinsky

You can insist on a different end to the story. — Monica Lewinsky

I'm going to the White House to get my presidential kneepads. — Monica Lewinsky

Well, for me, really, I think it was I wanted to try and clear up some of the misperceptions that were out there and fill in some of the historical gaps. — Monica Lewinsky

I don't have the feelings of self-worth that a woman should have ... and that's been the center of a lot of my mistakes and a lot of my pain. — Monica Lewinsky

I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me. — Monica Lewinsky

And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened. — Monica Lewinsky

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught. — Monica Lewinsky

The more shame, the more clicks; the more clicks, the more advertising dollars. — Monica Lewinsky

So I think it's - what was important to me is that I found that I can't change the fact that people already have made an opinion about me. But I don't think that should stop me from trying to correct some of the misperceptions that are out there. — Monica Lewinsky

Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop. — Monica Lewinsky

I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet. — Monica Lewinsky

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't angry some days. But I really have worked hard to put a lot of the anger and disappointment in the past. — Monica Lewinsky

Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some press reports sort of were bandied about that there were going to TV movies based on some of the books that were out. — Monica Lewinsky

It's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress. — Monica Lewinsky

This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character. — Monica Lewinsky