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
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
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. – David Brinkley
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James