Quotes from David Brinkley

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.

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

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

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

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.

News is something worth knowing that you didn't know already. (by an "earnest young woman" in his journalism class)

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

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

A successfull man is who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at us.

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

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

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

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.

This is the first convention of the Space Age — when a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

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

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.

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.

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