David Brinkley Quotes

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

She took a leap of faith and grew her wings on the way down.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.

Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.

When there is no news, we will give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.