Mika Brzezinski famous quotes

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#People #Experts #Realizing

The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with each other.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Baby #Self #Needs

Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Jobs #Men #Odds

My parents found me very difficult to educate.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Parent #Found #Difficult

Despite my professional experience, the fifteen-hour workdays, and a successful new show that I had helped build, MSNBC was still refusing to pay me what I was worth.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Successful #Fifteen #Pay

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Everyday #Values

Don't make your journey through life harder by placing rules on yourself like, 'I can't get married till I get promoted to your dream job.'
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Dream #Jobs #Journey

After being let go from CBS and looking for a year for work, I will never catch myself complaining about being too busy.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Letting Go #Years #Complaining

I've worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Anchors #Different #News

I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Trying

Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Running #Forever #Hours

A bad boyfriend is someone you give everything to - you live with him, cook for him, sleep with him - thinking he is going to marry you and then he doesn't. When you are giving your all to a job and not getting credit, your job is a bad boyfriend.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Jobs #Sleep #Thinking

There's always more money to be made.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Made #More Money

I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Girl #Good Night #Goodnight

I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Thinking #Hard Times #Self

My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Morning #Mistake #Asking

I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Children #Two #House

We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Worry #People #Brain

Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if youve truly lived through it.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Real #Sides #Psychological

I am not afraid to say my relationship with my man is important, even vital, to who I am as a person.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Men #Who I Am #Important

My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Block #Eight #Mountain

I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Morning #Water #Hot

Don't apologize for asking for what you deserve.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Simple #Asking #What You Deserve

We have to stop judging people who are struggling with their weight.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Struggle #Judging #People

If we can't quantify and communicate our value with confidence, the achievements of the tremendous women before us will have all been for nothing.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Achievement #Communicate #Values

I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Birthday #Letting Go #Careers

At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Jobs #Years #Careers

On 'Morning Joe' I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Morning #Fun #Thinking

The odds are definitely better on getting the right job than getting a good partner for life. Someone who will grow with you. Someone to develop memories with. Someone who was there in the beginning. Someone who will be there at the end.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Jobs #Memories #Odds

I'd been fired by CBS News in a semipublic way, and as the months went by, there was a perception that I was damaged goods.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Perception #News #Way

A fundamental lesson on being fired: Never lie about it. People will know what you're saying is a cover-up for how you really feel - embarrassed, discouraged, and afraid.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Lying #People #Cover Ups

Women play into each other's weaknesses.
-- Mika Brzezinski

#Play #Weakness