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Keith Olbermann
55 quotes
“It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Senior Convocation Speech," Cornell University (1998-05-23)
“I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. If you're in a public media setting and you're not expressing something of yourself, turn it over to someone who will. Just get out. Just go away and put somebody on who has a point of view, because the most dangerous thing about TV is its equalizing factor, its lowest common denominator factor. And that's what I fight against all the time.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inside Story: Knowing It All" by David Davis, L.A. Times (2000-11-26)
“This is the exact definition of my ego. When Fox had my head 40 feet high at Shea Stadium they said to me, "We're going to give out 100,000 temporary tattoos of your face at the Super Bowl." And I just swallowed and said, "No. God. Don't. You're not going to, you can't possibly — what do you mean, temporary?”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Angry Sportscaster Keith Olbermann has Piazza's Bat—and is Keeping it!" by Jason Gay, New York Observer (2001-03-19)
“If you make a decision in your life, even one as eminently logical and self-improving as "Why'd you start washing your hair every day?" and you start getting questioned hourly about it, you're going to start second-guessing yourself.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mea Culpa: My Apology to ESPN," Salon.com (2002-11-17)
“I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Making up hard to do for Olbermann" by Bob Wolfley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2003-02-16)
“Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: News duo thinking young" by David Bauder, Deseretnews.com (2003-12-09)
“The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' — they may not be smart enough to say "yes.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Way I See It," Starbucks Coffee Cups (2005-02-01)
“The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 — "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As Rather signs off 'Evening News,' the 'voice of God' anchor era ends" by Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic (2005-03-09)
“Without [hatred] Michelle Malkin would just be a big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick on it.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: October 2009.
“You know the Art Rule: Do something that entertains/interests YOU, if you're lucky it'll do (the) same for others”
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“Courage is a mutual thing.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [From Twitter, November 13, 2010]
“An uprising of the reasonable is our only chance.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [From Twitter, July 22, 2010]
“I do know without fear of contradiction what the definition of life is and it is 12 words long. 'Life is defined by how much you improve the lives of others.'”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Senior Convocation Speech," Cornell University (1998-05-23)
“The terrorists have won... What was their goal 15 long, sad years ago? To strip from the world's greatest power, their traditions of growing tolerance. To hamstring the international interests of a country that barely stuck to the international double-white line of the moral road, but came closer than any other. To take our energies from trying... to help the world move forward, and instead make us direct those energies inward, at one another, within our own borders.”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Terrorists Have Won" (November 2016), The Closer, YouTube
“He pulled a groin. His own we hope!”
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“They're...not...gonna...get him.”
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“He puts the biscuit in the basket.”
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“From way downtown...BANG!”
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“It's deep, and I don't think it's playable.”
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“(named Player)..did not finish/qualify/win, etc.”
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“He hits the ball, real hard.”
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“He beats him like a rented goalie!”
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“He will drool the drool of regret into the pillow of remorse.”
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“He's frozen pizza.”
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“When this quality sports product...”
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“Brought to you by...”
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“(Emulating Tony Bruno) Houston, hello! (or any other city)”
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“He gacked on it.”
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“A good craftsman doesn't blame his tools.”
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“Mister Dictionary has failed us yet again.”
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“Lugnuts...nothing but lugnuts.”
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“There has been a [name of player] sighting.”
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“I can read his lips, and he is not praying.”
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“You are a liar.”
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“(Name of player) From way downtown...BANG!”
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“John of Orange”
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“Redbeard the Pirate”
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“Bozell The Clown”
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“The political whorehouse that is Fox News.”
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“The Manatee (coined by John Cleese)”
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“Comedian Rush Limbaugh”
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“Orly Taitz Limbaugh”
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“Tokyo Rose Limbaugh”
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“Oxycodone is a hell of a drug”
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“Billo, the Clown”
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“Phinneas T. Bluster”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Big Giant Head”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Frank Burns of news”
Keith Olbermann (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The half-term Governor of Alaska”
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“Half-Governor Palin”
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