Larry Speakes
Larry Speakes
Larry Melvin Speakeswas an acting press spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan, having held the position from 1981 to 1987...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth13 September 1939
CountryUnited States of America
lying dodge interest
I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
age age-and-aging blew dropping family gas grow known living match truck verbal
When, at the age of seven, he blew up the family truck by dropping a match down the gas tank, we should have known he'd grow up to make his living hurling verbal firebombs at presidents.
absolutely alert measures necessary time
absolutely no alert measures ... are necessary at this time or contemplated.
job potential
This job has probably got the most screwing-up potential in the world.
politics news stage
You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.
knows
Those who talk don't know what is going on and those who know what is going on won't talk.
stories ifs five
If you tell the same story five times, it's true.
hunting finding-yourself president
Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.
lips
Ol' Shoot from the Lip," we call him.
air white giving
Rules for a White House Spokesman: No. 1 is always tell the truth. I've got only one currency, that's the truth. There are 10,000 ways to say "no comment," and I've used 9,999 of them. The second rule is don't be afraid to say, "I don't know." You may look dumb, but if you don't know you can't give them hot air because it always shows on your face.