Top 100 Brinkley Quotes
#1. He kisses me once more, on the forehead this time, and then he's gone. And I know I'm young, and fairly inexperienced where men are concerned, but I'm positive that even when I'm 90 years old I'll still remember exactly what it feels like to have his lips on my skin" ~Landon Brinkley
Rachel Hollis
#2. I think a lot of people think I was born in a blue suit, on the David Brinkley show. And that isn't me. I am much more that kid who grew up in South St. Louis, in a very modest household, with a simple background with parents who didn't get through high school.
Dick Gephardt
#3. Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A strong, totally self-centered politician like Tom Dewey sharing his hard-won power with a vice president? Don't count on it.' - David Brinkley
David Pietrusza
#4. When NYDJ called me and told me that Christie Brinkley was going to be on set with me I freaked out. And when I met Christie, she had a little freak out because she said that her daughter Sailor loved me so much.
Ashley Graham
#5. News, after all, is a spin of words and pictures. It's a kind of music. There are beats in a newscast, a newspaper story. Ed Murrow sounded like Ed Murrow. Huntley and Brinkley sounded different. Anderson Cooper, different still.
Robert Krulwich
#6. My mentor in the transition from the old Gabriel Heatter and John Cameron Swayze way of doing things was David Brinkley. He brought an entirely different style to what we were doing.
Tom Brokaw
#7. Christie Brinkley told me that I needed to become a movie star because I have that something, and then we actually just became friends on set. She has such a young spirit, and is so vivacious. It was such a fun, fun shoot.
Ashley Graham
#8. 'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.
Christiane Amanpour
#9. 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
#10. If I had a power color, it would definitely be SPARKLE" ~Landon Brinkley
Rachel Hollis
#11. Christine Brinkley, that's my age range of supermodels. That's on my radar. This isn't someone where I don't know who she is. She turned out to be such a bright light. She walks into a room and just lights it up. She's just that person.
Jim O'Heir
#12. Her face was the best of Raquel Welch and Christy Brinkley combined. All atop a curvaceous body that would make Rubens drop his paintbrush."
-Adam W. Jones, Fate Ball
Adam W. Jones
#13. Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, Cronkite is a classic. Douglas Brinkley has written his best book yet. This is a fascinating story that will be read for years to come.
Debby Applegate
#14. Billy Joel was on the radio, singing, "I love you just the way you are." Big talk, Myron mused, when you've been married to Christie Brinkley.
Harlan Coben
#15. When you turn 60, the key is to not stop moving. Once you start to stop moving, you rust. You got to just keep going.
Christie Brinkley
#16. When terrorists blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon, Reagan was frustrated and furious, as Bush was after 9/11. But he didn't stick us in a war in the Middle East with no exit.
Douglas Brinkley
#17. I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look.
Christie Brinkley
#18. I think that ultimately your age is determined by your attitude. It's not the number; it's not how many wrinkles you have on your face. It's the energy that you project.
Christie Brinkley
#19. Nixon was always willing to be bipartisan, so there are a lot of surprises in the man.
Douglas Brinkley
#20. I've gotten into the habit of cranking out a set of push-ups before each show to get my blood pumping and find my focus. I worked my way up from eight to 30. That was a real accomplishment.
Christie Brinkley
#21. We can only imagine the history of the free world today if, at the end of the Civil War, there had been two countries: the United States and the Confederate States of America.
Douglas Brinkley
#22. I was basically a surfer girl from California. I never looked like a model.
Christie Brinkley
#23. Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.
David Brinkley
#24. I've been a vegetarian since I was about 12 years old. When I became a vegetarian, I got my mom and dad to become vegetarian, and my brother became a vegetarian.
Christie Brinkley
#25. Influenced by Pete Seeger and the Weavers, McLean proudly wore the mantle of troubadour in the early 1970s, when 'American Pie' topped the Billboard charts, and has never shed the cape.
Douglas Brinkley
#26. Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch.
Douglas Brinkley
#28. Some days I don't have time for a full workout, but I do have to dry my hair, right? So rather than just stand there blow-drying, I do several kinds of leg squats at the same time. I believe in multitasking.
Christie Brinkley
#29. Because I'm an older mom, I have a responsibility to my kids as well as myself. I want to be there for them.
Christie Brinkley
#30. For Dylan, it seems, life is always the next gig. Changing pace and location are essential to his survival as an artist.
Douglas Brinkley
#31. We're the generation that says 60 is the new 30. We don't let the numbers shape us; we're reshaping the numbers.
Christie Brinkley
#34. Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.
Christie Brinkley
#35. Cronkite is not a genius at anything except being straight, honest, and normal.
Douglas Brinkley
#37. I have sun damage that I want to repair, but I also want to keep myself from further damage.
Christie Brinkley
#39. Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.
Douglas Brinkley
#40. In Austin, the eco-capital of Texas, residents tend to favor native plants and wildflowers to the sculpted lawns of the Palm Springs variety.
Douglas Brinkley
#41. When we settled our country, the dark forest was considered in some ways evil and something that you needed to plow or, later, bulldoze. We now have a new understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems and the need for bird flyways and why all species matter.
Douglas Brinkley
#42. Four months is a lot of living with that little life in you-thinking about it, eating right for it, nurturing it and all of a sudden, it dies.
Christie Brinkley
#43. I'm actually excited about turning 60. I feel on top of my game.
Christie Brinkley
#44. I have an organic garden and love being able to say, 'I'm going to see what I can pick to throw in my salad.'
Christie Brinkley
#45. Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.
David Brinkley
#46. John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.
Douglas Brinkley
#48. I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.
Christie Brinkley
#49. Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.
Douglas Brinkley
#50. What makes 'American Pie' so unusual is that it isn't a relic from the counterculture but a talisman, which, like a sacred river, keeps bringing joy to listeners everywhere. When 'American Pie' suddenly is played on a jukebox or radio, it's almost impossible not to sing along.
Douglas Brinkley
#51. Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym.
Christie Brinkley
#52. I haven't touched a piece of meat since I read a graphic description of Chicago's slaughterhouses when I was 12.
Christie Brinkley
#53. My favorite dish is brown rice with lentils, roasted red and yellow peppers, and fennel, with a sweet potato and a salad on the side.
Christie Brinkley
#54. I'm not a historian who thinks Confederate memorials should be boarded up.
Douglas Brinkley
#55. Horrible events in life serve as catalysts for major changes in our life perspective and as teaching tools for helping others.
Dannion Brinkley
#56. This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
David Brinkley
#57. Rosa Parks' entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.
Douglas Brinkley
#58. If life were fattening, Walter Cronkite would weigh 500 pounds.
Douglas Brinkley
#59. I get bored if I do the same thing. The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.
Christie Brinkley
#60. Life is a matter of choice. Everything we manifest in our day to day lives is the direct result of our choices along the way. Each choice automatically creates a consequence. From our choices other people's lives are influenced for better or worse.
Dannion Brinkley
#61. When I am brushing my teeth, I'm bending my leg behind me, or I'm lifting my leg up and holding it in that position so I'm squeezing my butt in. I can do that while I'm washing or slicing vegetables, too. Or I go up and down on my toes, working my calves a little bit.
Christie Brinkley
#62. To Armstrong, constantly speaking about 'Apollo 11' only diminished the magic. That's why he worked overtime to avoid notice, living a quiet life in Indian Hill, Ohio.
Douglas Brinkley
#63. You don't always have to get an expensive gym membership. The important thing is to keep moving and to make it fun and have variety - it's the spice of life.
Christie Brinkley
#64. I was only 8 years old on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong, 38-year-old commander of 'Apollo 11,' descended the cramped lunar module Eagle's ladder with hefty backpack and bulky spacesuit to become the first human on the moon.
Douglas Brinkley
#65. No matter what your age is, you only have now. So it's always about living in the moment and being in the moment ... I refuse to let those numbers define me, and I just try to face each day positively.
Christie Brinkley
#67. How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for days; others take a hike in the woods or count rosary beads.
Douglas Brinkley
#68. Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.
Christie Brinkley
#69. I remember really loving the CoverGirl ads when I was younger - there was something very cool about how they always put the girls in white. It looked so clean.
Christie Brinkley
#70. New Orleans is just a microcosm of Newark and Detroit and hundreds of other troubled urban locales.
Douglas Brinkley
#71. Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.
Douglas Brinkley
#72. Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.
Douglas Brinkley
#73. Unfortunately, one of the biggest misperceptions the American public harbors is that Katrina was a week-long catastrophe. In truth, it's better to view it as an era.
Douglas Brinkley
#74. America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will.
Christie Brinkley
#75. At Thanksgiving, I always start at the top of my list and say I'm grateful for friends, family, and good health. Then I get more superficial ... like being thankful for my Louboutins.
Christie Brinkley
#76. I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that.
Christie Brinkley
#77. Modelling opened up the world to me. All my friends were bohemian artists and were a little bit appalled when I sold out and did something so bourgeois. I'd say, 'Come on, guys, with what I earn from this job, we can all go to Morocco.'
Christie Brinkley
#78. Go ahead and have the Kit Kat at the movies. If you don't satisfy an urge sometimes, you often substitute less-satisfying things and end up eating more.
Christie Brinkley
#79. September 15, 1950, MacArthur launched a brilliantly conceived and executed amphibious landing at Inchon, trapping a large North Korean force after walking ashore several times to ensure a good take for the cameras, his ever-present corncob pipe jutting from his jaw.
Douglas Brinkley
#80. Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, 'No.'
Douglas Brinkley
#81. John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on.
Douglas Brinkley
#82. Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.
Christie Brinkley
#83. People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the 'for your age' part. Can we all stop qualifying it?'
Christie Brinkley
#84. When there is no news, we will give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
David Brinkley
#85. The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 1898, and Roosevelt became a Texas folk hero overnight.
Douglas Brinkley
#86. History chalks up Mr. McKinley's War as a U.S. win, and he also polls favorably as a 'near great' president.
Douglas Brinkley
#88. I photographed all kinds of sports - Formula 1, Formula Atlantic. And anybody who knows me knows that, from the day they invented video cameras, I used to lug them around when you had to carry the pack here and the big camera here, plus the diaper bag and a baby and the purse or whatever.
Christie Brinkley
#89. It is imperative that we do not fear challenges that we have attracted to promote our growth. Every obstacle we encounter is an opportunity for spiritual evolution.
Dannion Brinkley
#90. One thing 'not right' on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches is the sad fact that the Edmund Pettus Bridge hasn't been renamed the John Lewis Bridge.
Douglas Brinkley
#91. Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
David Brinkley
#92. Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.
Christie Brinkley
#93. I came across an older picture of me that someone had posted on Facebook, and I totally remember squirming and feeling very fat while I was shooting it.
Christie Brinkley
#94. I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Christie Brinkley
#95. Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time.
Christie Brinkley
#96. Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.
David Brinkley
#98. I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.
Christie Brinkley
#99. It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one with great geo-political skills.
Douglas Brinkley
#100. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
David Brinkley
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