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)
“Blind with love, my daughter
has cried nightly for horses,
those long-necked marchers and churners
that she has mastered, any and all,
reigning them in like a circus hand....”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instantchildren are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two triesas everyone imagined.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)
“You want to get Capone? Heres how you get him: he pulls a knife, you pull a gun, he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. Its the Chicago way and thats how you get Capone.”
—David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery)
“Sure
love is cruel
and selfish
and totally obtuse
at least, blinded by the light,
young love is.”
—William Carlos Williams (18831963)