Tom Brokaw Quotes

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"David and I have actually talked about this."

Tom Brokaw

"David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph,"

Tom Brokaw Topics: Journalism

"I was enormously impressed by that."

Tom Brokaw

"Immediately after the explosion he turned to his producer and said 'Am I alive?' and 'Don't tell Lee,' and then he began to cry out in excruciating pain."

Tom Brokaw

"As I walked the beaches with the American veterans who had returned for this anniversary, men in their sixties and seventies, and listened to their stories, I was deeply moved and profoundly grateful for all they had done,"

Tom Brokaw Topics: Men

"We were not just competitors and colleagues, we were friends. We had a lot of opportunities to reflect on this in the last year. It was a competitive brotherhood."

Tom Brokaw

"It makes it all the more poignant because of the absence of our colleague Peter Jennings. We had hoped that he would be here tonight so we could have a reunion, a celebration."

Tom Brokaw Topics: Absence Celebration

"For example, ... your lead for tonight might be, Flashing their characteristic intelligence and brilliance, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather..."

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"Yesterday they had to operate and remove part of the skull cap to relieve some of the swelling."

Tom Brokaw

"I'm honored that you invited me, especially when for $10,000 and a new convertible you could have had the top running-back prospect at SMU."

Tom Brokaw

"Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist

"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist

"While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades, ... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships."

Tom Brokaw Topics: Attendance

"It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist Journalism

"I knew that Brian had a lot of overtures from other networks. The last thing we wanted to do was to lose him."

Tom Brokaw

"Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style,"

Tom Brokaw Topics: Style

"We had hoped that he would be here so that we could have a reunion tonight ? a celebration."

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"Peter will have a place in this brotherhood forever."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist

"You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist Life

"If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist

"TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract."

Tom Brokaw Topics: American Journalist

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