Tom Shales Quotes

Tom Snyder was big enough to fill the night with talk and his own persona. The Snyder we saw on TV was not a replica of the real guy; it was the real guy.

Tom Shales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 3, 1948

Topics

NightEnoughTalkRealOwnBig

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

Andrew Jackson

PowerGreatPeopleStrongCorruption

I speak from a black woman's perspective, and that's a specific perspective, but sometimes there are things I want to be understood by folks who may not have an entryway into that concept, so I have to think about how I can open the space to bring those people in. And that does require balance.

Amanda Seales

PerspectiveWomanBalanceSpace

As you get older, you become more unapologetic about how you really are, how you feel about things, and you really say it out loud.

Rozonda Thomas

FeelYouSayBecomeMoreOut

The possibilities are endless for me - Broadway, TV, music and film.

Michelle Williams

MusicMePossibilitiesBroadwayFilm

If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy.

Milton Glaser

CommunityGreatDemocracyQuestioning

I don't think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller - I mean, really good jobs, and people are still gonna look at you and be like, 'You used to rap; what happened?'

Jay-Z

GoodCarPeopleThinkYouLook

No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market.

Jose Ferreira

SmallKeyProductSizeDollarYour

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

Dinesh D'Souza

PeopleStrongTemptationLyingNever

I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.

Chris Hadfield

SpaceFlyEnoughLuckyTwiceBeen

Old Hollywood glamour just seems, well, old.

Brad Goreski

TimeTuxedoWearBigCallBig Fan

For me as an actor, you always sort of want to bring yourself to a character in some way. You want to find a way to approach something in a way that's real and interesting, and also so there's some empathy there.

Britt Robertson

CharacterYourselfEmpathyMeYou

I'm a firm believer in people who love what they do.

Anthony Mackie

LovePeopleFirmWhoBeliever

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