"David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph."

-- Tom Brokaw

#Country Quotes #Icons Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“Only God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life”
“If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.”
“If there's anything I'd like to preach about, the loudest, other than the Gospel, it's selfishness. If there's anything I'd like to impress upon the hearts and minds of my people, it's to get out of the self life.”
“Life is short. Be of use.”
“I love film scores and opera, and I wanted to work in those forms. But theater was more accessible. And no one was doing this in the late 1970s, when I began working in the theater. So, I have written scores for thirteen plays, which are not musicals, but straight plays.”

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“Any gentleman with the slightest chic will give a girl a fifty dollar bill for the powder room.”
“Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I'd rather walk alone than chase you around, I'd rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.”
“Trying to force creativity is never good.”

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