Quotes by Linda Ellerbee

“I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.”

“I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.”

“If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.”

“If men can run the world, why cant they stop wearing neckties. How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck.”

“Some of the qualities that go into making a good reporter - aggressiveness, a certain sneakiness, a secretive nature, nosiness, the ability to find out that which someone wants hidden, the inability to take no with any sort of grace, a taste for go”

“We call them Twinkies. Youve seen them on television acting the news, modeling and fracturing the news while you wonder whether theyve read the news - or if theyve blow-dried their brains, too.”

“The new national campfire-radio.”

“Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, theres a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.”

“Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesnt.”

“We are heading in a lot of dangerous ways. The Chinese character for danger is also for opportunity, so its not necessarily bad. Its just that as journalists, I believe we have to pay particular attention here.”

If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

Its not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, its the whole jock enchilada. Im all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when theres tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

I think laughter may be a form of courage.... As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

[My father] was generous with his affection given to great awkward engulfing hugs and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs all starched shirt tobacco Old Spice and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think Ive never been properly hugged since.

In the coldest February as in every other month in every other year the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.

Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

I want to know why if men rule the world they dont stop wearing neckties.

People are pretty much alike. Its only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.