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. – David Brinkley
People have this illusion that all over the world, all of the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world nothing is happening. – David Brinkley
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. – David Brinkley
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. – David Brinkley
Be it deep or shallow, red or black, sand or clay, the soil is the link between the rock core of the earth and the living things on its surface. It is the foothold for the plants we grow. Therein lies the main reason for our interest in soils. – Roy Simonson, USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1957