Phil Donahue Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Phil Donahue
Cindy Sheehan is one tough mother and nothing you say or anyone else is gonna slow her down. — Phil Donahue
The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work. — Phil Donahue
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. — Phil Donahue
We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us. — Phil Donahue
A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it. — Phil Donahue
When we had been married five years, we had six children. What, in God's name, was wrong with me? — Phil Donahue
I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time. — Phil Donahue
Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them. — Phil Donahue
Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover? — Phil Donahue
I tip like crazy. They'll remember me. Celebrity can be expensive. — Phil Donahue
I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that. — Phil Donahue
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. — Phil Donahue
This is Sesame Street. A place where people, birds, monsters all live in perfect harmony. — Phil Donahue
Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery. — Phil Donahue
If Stalin ever told me to urinate, I'm not sure I'd be able to ... — Phil Donahue
Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? — Phil Donahue
I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother. — Phil Donahue
Its like threading a needle while walking on a water bed. — Phil Donahue
Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing. — Phil Donahue
I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana. — Phil Donahue
What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow. — Phil Donahue
There is no democracy without dissent. — Phil Donahue
Science may have come a long way, but as far as religion is concerned, we are first cousins to the !Kung tribesmen of the Kalahari Desert. Except for the garments, their deep religious trances might just as well be happening at a revival meeting or in the congregation of a fundamentalist TV preacher ... As we move further from the life of ignorance and superstition in which religion has its roots, we seem to need it more and more ... Why has religion become a force just when we'd have thought it would be losing ground to secularism? — Phil Donahue
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. — Phil Donahue
Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent. — Phil Donahue
At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous. — Phil Donahue
There's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is because of the seperation of Church and State, and there are people out there who can't wait to make this nation a nation of one religion ... THEIR religion. — Phil Donahue
I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it. — Phil Donahue
In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them. — Phil Donahue
In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. — Phil Donahue
I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that. — Phil Donahue
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. — Phil Donahue
When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption. — Phil Donahue
Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas. — Phil Donahue
In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. — Phil Donahue
I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock. — Phil Donahue
[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors? ... Why shouldn't executions be public? — Phil Donahue
The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs. — Phil Donahue
The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. — Phil Donahue
I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others. — Phil Donahue
Miss Child is never bashful with butter. — Phil Donahue
I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave. — Phil Donahue