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

David Brinkley

“The one function that T.V. news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.”

David Brinkley

“Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.”

David Brinkley

“This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.”

David Brinkley

“Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.”

David Brinkley