Phil Donahue Quotes

Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?

- Phil Donahue

Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.

- Phil Donahue

Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas.

- Phil Donahue

They were terrified that we were going to become an anti-war kind of platform.

- Phil Donahue

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

- Phil Donahue

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

- Phil Donahue

I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.

- Phil Donahue

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

- Phil Donahue

When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.

- Phil Donahue

December 25th has become guilt and obligation.

- Phil Donahue

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame.

- Phil Donahue

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

- Phil Donahue

Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.

- Phil Donahue

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

- Phil Donahue

We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever.

- Phil Donahue

I tip like crazy. They'll remember me. Celebrity can be expensive.

- Phil Donahue

I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.

- Phil Donahue

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.

- Phil Donahue

A large psychic void is left by a loss of faith. So many Catholics have tried so many things to replace it.

- Phil Donahue

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

- Phil Donahue

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

- Phil Donahue

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.

- Phil Donahue

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

- Phil Donahue

Saddam was a bastard, but he was our bastard.

- Phil Donahue

I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.

- Phil Donahue

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.

- Phil Donahue

The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.

- Phil Donahue

In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.

- Phil Donahue

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?

- Phil Donahue

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

- Phil Donahue

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

- Phil Donahue

Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing.

- Phil Donahue

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

- Phil Donahue