Talk Shows Quotes

• I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Dance, Witty

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• There is plenty of television. There are plenty of talk shows. There are plenty of comedians. But there is not plenty of worship of the true and living God.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Comedian, Television, Worship

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• The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld.

  Carl Bernstein

  News, Agendas, Mainstream

  "The idiot culture". Carl Bernstein, The New Republic, June 8, 1992.

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• I love talk shows and hosting. I would want to do something like that. I'm not sure I would want to be a reality star continuously.

  NeNe Leakes

  Stars, Reality, Want

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• My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

  Dick Cavett

  Dream, Night, Guests

  "Former Talk Show Host Dick Cavett Plays Not My Job". Interview with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. May 5, 2012.

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• Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

  Charlie Day

  Worry, Goes On, Comedic

  "'Horrible Bosses' Charlie Day: 5 Things You Didn't Know" by Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 9, 2011.

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• I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested.

  Genevieve Gorder

  Giving, Sound, Host

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• I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who have been on reality shows who've had success, to prove to audiences that you don't have to be a fool to become successful.

  NeNe Leakes

  Successful, Reality, Guests

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• Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.

  Tyra Banks

  Firsts, Shows, Journalist

  "Tyra Banks: Success as Fashion Model and Businesswoman Make Her a Role Model as Well". Jet Magazine (p. 63), October 2006.

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• In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.

  Timothy Leary

  Philosophy, Decision, 50th Birthday

  "The Best Advice Ever for Teachers" by Charles McGuire and Diana Abitz, (p. 57), 2001.

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• I don't rehearse on either of my shows, 'Family Feud' or my talk show. I never rehearse with the guests. I don't want to have any preconceived thoughts, notions, because that kills my creativity as a host and as a stand up.

  Steve Harvey

  Creativity, Feuds, Guests

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• If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.

  Rachael Leigh Cook

  Work Out, Acting, Shows

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• I've done a lot of talk shows where you can tell that the host is just thinking about what he wants to say next while you're answering him and that's really uncomfortable.

  Dave Navarro

  Thinking, Done, Want

  "Catching Up With Dave Navarro". Interview with Liz Kelly, voices.washingtonpost.com. December 13, 2007.

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• I will be the first to admit that getting votes and getting an audience are two different things. For example, a politician really can't be elected if he's hated by half the people. A talk show host, however, can be an overwhelming national phenomenon while being hated by half the people.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Two, People, Example

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• The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from wanting to host a standard-fare kind of talk show.

  Garry Shandling

  Would Be, Way, Comedy

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• With the Michael Moore movie, certain conservative talk show hosts call him un-American. Him and anybody else who says anything about the war... To question your country's policy, especially in a war that kills people, is definitely not un-American. It's probably the most patriotic thing you can do.

  John Fogerty

  Country, War, Patriotic

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• I do like talk shows. I'm interested in talking to people.

  Joy Behar

  Talking, People, Shows

  "UPDATE: Joy Behar Leaving ABC’s ‘The View’" by Nellie Andreeva, deadline.com. March 7, 2013.

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• Magazines and talk shows are filled with people who say that a successful #‎ marriage is hard and requires a lot of work. But to #‎ soulmates , their harmony often feels effortless, as though it is the most natural thing in the world to be completely at ease in a #‎ relationship .

  Rosemary Ellen Guiley

  Soulmate, Successful, People

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• From the city of angels off the Pacific Ocean. Good morning, good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation, around the world. I'm George Noory. Welcome to America's most listened-to late night talk show, Coast to Coast AM.

  George Noory

  Morning, Ocean, Angel

  Dr. Steven Greer's Interview on Coast to Coast AM Radio, www.freerepublic.com. April 4/5, 2005.

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• So when I got the chance to do my first talk show, 50 years ago last month, I never had any writers. There was no budget - it was just me and the camera and my friend who was the director. I talked about what I'd done that week.

  Regis Philbin

  Years, Cameras, Directors

  "Jerry Seinfeld Interviews Regis Philbin on His Television Career". Interview with Jerry Seinfeld, www.newsweek.com. November 13, 2011.

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• There are people, radio talk show hosts, those kind of people, it's their job to only have one opinion, they can't tell you about their feelings. They have to go with what pays their bills.

  Danny Bonaduce

  Jobs, People, Feelings

  "Danny Bonaduce on Anti-War Jane Fonda". "The Big Story With John Gibson", www.foxnews.com. January 29, 2007.

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• I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a single reporter or show called back for details. I wrote and sent documentation to all the 'household word' TV talk show hosts who make their living acting 'concerned' and I tried all the 'AIDS fund raising spokespeople', show business celebs, even sending proof of their home addresses, but as of yet not one single phone call or inquiry came back for more.

  Ed McCabe

  Cancer, Home, Europe

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• Someday I would really love to do a talk show. That's something I've always been interested in. I like to talk, and I love to help people.

  Keke Palmer

  People, Helping, Someday

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have the power to change somebody’s life. Everyone has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Jobs, Real, Lying

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