Brian Lamb famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most.
-- Brian Lamb

#Simple #Intellectual #Sound
I think technology has changed America, not any one organization. Technology is taking the power away from the few. There'll be a lot more choices, and good people who are doing serious stuff will survive and there'll be a lot more voices, and that is very healthy.
-- Brian Lamb

#Thinking #Technology #America
I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but... I watch HBO and some of the comedy stuff, and I'm constantly asking myself, 'Why have we gone there?' It seems like it's unfortunate. It's so cheap. It's so easy.
-- Brian Lamb

#Hbo #Air #Asking
Who cares if a movie star has an opinion unless the person is very well informed?
-- Brian Lamb

#Stars #Who Cares #Opinion
Some people when they get older are so firm in their beliefs that you'll never move them.
-- Brian Lamb

#Moving #People #Belief
I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.
-- Brian Lamb

#Party #People #Political
I'm anti-big power. I don't know if that's populist or not.
-- Brian Lamb

#Bigs #Populist
My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.
-- Brian Lamb

#Numbers #Goal #Interesting
It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.
-- Brian Lamb

#Nice #Writing #Agreement
More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.
-- Brian Lamb

#Stupid #Opportunity #Thinking
I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.
-- Brian Lamb

#Party #Election #Vote
It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it.
-- Brian Lamb

#Damage #Easier
I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.
-- Brian Lamb

#Bird #Tweety Bird #Records
We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life wrote to us, including actresses, stand-up comics, parents and students. What's clear after reading the entries is the impact that call-ins have had on the political conversation on the network.
-- Brian Lamb

#Reading #Impact #Parent

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