David Brinkley

“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.”

“News is something worth knowing that you didn't know already. (by an "earnest young woman" in his journalism class)”

“The one function 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.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”