A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
David BrinkleyNumerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
David BrinkleyMaybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.
David BrinkleyIn the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.
David BrinkleyNobody 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.
David Brinkley