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