Phil Donahue Quotes

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.

The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs.

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.

Women are smarter than men because they listen.

When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.

Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.

[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions be public?

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?

I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.

Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.

I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi.

December 25th has become guilt and obligation.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame.

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.

I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it.

I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.

The radio of my youth ... is now a quaint memory replaced by computer hard drives.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.

This is Sesame Street. A place where people, birds, monsters all live in perfect harmony.

I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave.

Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing.

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

I tip like crazy. Theyll remember me. Celebrity can be expensive.

Will you remember me when I'm gone?

The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.

What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.

Cindy Sheehan is one tough mother. And nothing you say or anyone else is gonna slow her down.

Its like threading a needle while walking on a water bed.

In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.

There is no democracy without dissent.

If Stalin ever told me to urinate, I'm not sure I'd be able to.