David Brinkley
David Brinkley
David McClure Brinkleywas an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth10 July 1920
CityWilmington, NC
CountryUnited States of America
mean moon keeping-promises
This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
perspective people facts
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.
school very-good advertisements
I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
anchors matter cameras
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
sarcastic business sarcasm
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.
believe cities people
Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.
people political want
Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.
husband men support
In the forties [1940s] in Washington it was still unusual for a rich and socially well-connected married woman to work. If she did, her husband was assumed by his peers to be unable to support a household on his own and somehow to be inadequate.
actors nine likes
Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.
travel strong wine
Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.
years political democracy
We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.
wings way leap-of-faith
She took a leap of faith and grew her wings on the way down.
laughter successful unique
Laughter is a unique medicine that places your problems in perspective, relaxes your tense muscles, reassures those around you, and helps you to enjoy life even when you don't have everything you want. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
political politics journalism
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.