Monica Lewinsky Quotations

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

I was enamored with him. And I was excited. And I was enjoying it.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

I did not provide him with a copy. No ... I believe I showed him a copy, ... I think he may have said, 'I don't need to see it.'

I better not put one foot wrong, because the independent counsel is sitting there watching and he's already told me that this deal is gone if I don't cooperate with the House managers?

He didn't discuss the content of my affidavit with me at all, ever.

I think I told her that, you know, at various times, the president and Mr. Jordan had told me I have to lie. That wasn't true.

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.

pleased that she does not have to go through the painful and humiliating ordeal of having to testify on the floor of the Senate.

I think I brought it up. The president wouldn't have brought up Betty's name, because he didn't -- he really didn't discuss it.

you can always say you were coming to see Betty or bringing me papers.

Why can't I just scrape that crap off and put it in a plastic bag?

When we turn on CNN and see her picture, it's really hard to believe she's at the center of all this because ... that's just Monica.

took to the Senate floor to denounce the president's conduct as immoral and harmful because 'it sends a message of what is acceptable behavior to the larger American family.'

constantly to walk us through all of this, to sort out the facts from the theater.

Anyone who has struggled with excess weight knows that this is a very personal issue, and it's not an easy one to talk about. The Jenny Craig organization has respected my wishes to keep my participation in their program confidential, but I want to clarify rumors and news reports by saying that I'm on the Jenny Craig program, and I love it.

a complete and impartial review of the evidence reveals that the president did in fact commit perjury before the grand jury.

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.

It was really more the president choosing the hallway, I think, and it was -- there weren't any windows there, ... I think a lot of times we ended up just sort of standing there (in the hallway) and talking there because he could close the door to the bathroom and lean up against the bathroom.

It was a mutual physical relationship, and emotional, ... Larry King Live.

Intercourse, ... I never had intercourse. I did not have a sexual relationship.

Can I take a break please. I'm sorry.

Do you want me to answer that?

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.

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.

Online we have a compassion deficit

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.

To mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.

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.

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

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

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.

Public humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry,

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.

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.

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

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

Public shaming is a blood sport that has to stop.

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

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

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

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.

The more shame, the more clicks; the more clicks, the more advertising dollars.

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

You can insist on a different end to the story.

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

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

Changing behaviours begins with evolving beliefs.

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

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

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

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,

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

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

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