David Brinkley
David Brinkley
David McClure Brinkleywas an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth10 July 1920
CityWilmington, NC
CountryUnited States of America
american-journalist believe people
Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.
good king larry
That's what I like to do. That's the only thing I'm any good at, ... Larry King Live.
perspective people facts
People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.
television way news
The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.
school very-good advertisements
I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.
anchors matter cameras
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
sarcastic business sarcasm
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 it were.
believe cities people
Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.
government agency female
In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.
people political want
Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.
husband men support
In the forties [1940s] in Washington it was still unusual for a rich and socially well-connected married woman to work. If she did, her husband was assumed by his peers to be unable to support a household on his own and somehow to be inadequate.
actors nine likes
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.
travel strong wine
Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.
mean moon keeping-promises
This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.