Quotes from Keith Olbermann

All the things that people like me supposedly don't do, I do.

What's the difference between a hockey mom and a mass turkey-murdering machine? Looks like about 15 feet.

The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.

I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.

Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.

Even on the greatest teams, there's always one role player.

It's very tough to get yourself around the idea that there could be a mechanism being used or abused to restrict and alter the society in which we live.

Success is overrated.

I'm a natural management guy. I had forgotten that. And I forgot how much I hate it.

I do know without fear of contradiction what the definition of life is and it is 12 words long. 'Life is defined by how much you improve the lives of others.'

I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics.

Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President.

As part of the process by which you hire me, you hire me. You just don't hire an hour of me to do a performance.

At Current, television is all we do - that's our business. We don't have amusement parks I have to worry about, we don't have environmental cases against us, we don't have a series of outdoor-advertising companies.

Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen.

Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.

Our country is wounded and bleeding now if we don't know whether or not habeas corpus exists.

I'm difficult for management. That's why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management.

I can't think of an instance at MSNBC where anything I said on the air was influenced by what was going on behind the scenes.

The corporation is one of the great unheralded human inventions of destruction. It is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch of people. They form together in a massive ID and they do whatever they want.

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.

At Current, television is all we do - that's our business. We don't have amusement parks I have to worry about, we don't have environmental cases against us, we don't have a series of outdoor-advertising companies.

The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' — they may not be smart enough to say 'yes.