Famous quotes containing the words nbc, nightly, news, brian and/or williams:
“Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows whats good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an individual identity. He becomes the man from NBC or IBM. The institutional imprint furnishes him with pension, meaning, proofs of existence. A man without a company name is a man without a country.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“Nor even thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail
To save thy secret soul from nightly fears,
From Cambrias curse, from Cambrias tears!”
—Thomas Gray (17161771)
“The nature of bad news infects the teller.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“I think Im going to have a drink.”
—David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner)
“Lifeless in appearance, sluggish
dazed spring approaches”
—William Carlos Williams (18831963)