Nbc Quotes

• It's not about 'NBC is evil.' It's about that media structure - CBS, ABC, CNN, even some of the smaller operations are now multinationals, with these extraordinarily diverse holdings.

  Keith Olbermann

  Media, Cnn, Evil

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• Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's 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

  Country, Men, Names

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• Today NBC makes certain content available online and I can't imagine we will change that process.

  Brian Roberts

  Today, Imagine, Online

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• I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of interpersonal gardening. My work at NBC News was to report the news, but in hindsight, I often tried to look for some insight to share that might spark a moment of recognition in a viewer.

  Jane Pauley

  People, Gardening, Looks

  "Jane Pauley tackles reinvention". The SecondAct Interview, blogs.reuters.com. August 16, 2011.

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• NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

  Carson Daly

  Priorities, Jimmy

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• When I first broke through, there was only NBC, CBS and ABC, and they had news in the morning and in the evening - there wasn't no 24-hour news.

  Dick Gregory

  Morning, Evening, News

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• I was joking the other day about how my real life feels like a TV show, and my TV life feels real - because, to be on Thursday nights on NBC, which is what I grew up with, has been such a big part of inspiring me. To be part of that tradition is really completely surreal, and I'm so grateful.

  Whitney Cummings

  Real, Grateful, Night

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. September 15, 2011.

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• I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked personally many years with people like Crosby and Sinatra, so of course that was a great ground school for me.

  Skitch Henderson

  School, Years, People

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• One of the nicest things about NBC is that Tom Brokaw is not Dan Rather.

  Michael Gartner

  Toms

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• I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.

  Jim Lampley

  Olympics, Host, Daytime

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• NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week.

  Dave Foley

  Team, New Day, Week

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 15, 2002.

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• NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

  Leonard Maltin

  Anchors, Comic, Brian

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• I will be always grateful to NBC.

  David Morse

  Grateful

  "It's quite a resume. Since 'St. Elsewhere,' David Morse has added a long list of TV, film and theater projects. His latest: 'George B'". Interview with Susan King, articles.latimes.com. December 17, 1998.

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• At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

  Tabitha Soren

  Humor, Grandparent, Topics

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• I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.

  Tabitha Soren

  Years, Mtv, Two

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• I've had some of the best and most traumatizing experiences at NBC

  Ashleigh Banfield

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• I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.

  Barbara Walters

  Party, Dinner Guests, Office

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• NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.

  Jim Henson

  Black And White, Color, Differences

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• I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.

  Christopher Meloni

  Couple, Boys, College

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• How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.

  Jessica Savitch

  Careers, Magazines, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.

  Dick Wolf

  Change, Home, Night

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• I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.

  Paula Abdul

  Toronto, Shooting

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• I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Our World, Organization, Community

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• What can I say about Brian Williams. Nothing, because I work for NBC.

  Cecily Strong

  Brian

  "Transcript for Cecily Strong Remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner". abcnews.go.com. April 26, 2015.

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• NBC is excited about the investment in WWF Entertainment. The WWF is widely recognized as having created a leading brand and has done a remarkable job gathering large audiences in the coveted male demographics.

  Bob Wright

  Jobs, Males, Gathering

  "NBC Invests In WWFE" by Ian Ross, www.ign.com. March 28, 2000.

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