Quotes
Oh his
father:
"He
used to give us chewing gum, because my mother didn’t like us to chew gum, so we
used to go over to the Oval Office
at night, and he’d feed us gum
under the desk."
-Prime Time Live May 21, 1992-
On his state of mind:
I’m very happy. I feel very lucky. And
you know, you take it a day at a time.
-The Oprah Winfrey Show Sept 3,
1996-
On the Quote, Kennedy
Curse:
It’s sort of like walking around wondering if you are
going to be struck by lightening. It’s just not something that you really keep
in the
refront of your mind.
-Larry King Live Sep
28,1995-
On what his mother instilled in
him:
Just sort of living your life and
doing what you feel and where your interests take you.
-Larry King Live Sep 28,1995-
On his relationship with his sister:
We’re obviously very close. And as a younger brother you
look up to your sister. And ….I was the "man" of the family, as it were,
and….
it was sort of …..the three of us and now the two of us. So I ….feel so
lucky that I have such a close relationship with her.
-The
oprah Winfrey Show Sept 3, 1996-
On his different career path:
If your father was a doctor, and your uncles are Doctors
and all your cousins are Doctors and all the family ever talks about is
medicine,
there’s a good chance maybe you’re going to be a Doctor too. But
maybe you want to be a baker.
-People August 16, 1993-
On running for political
office:
I don’t have any immediate desire
to…However, do I feel a frustration about being an observer, not a participant,
sometimes? Yeah, because that’s my
background, that’s what I have in my
blood. But yet, would I want to go in, with the hell that would envelope my
life? Not at this juncture of my life.
I just got married. I like my
privacy.
-Brill’s Contant march
1999-
On the paparazzi:
I’m not a big moralizer about the paparazzi. I may not like
it, and it may be a difficult aspect of my life, but it’s my
problem.
-Brill’s Contant March
1999-
On wearing an ink stained white shirt as a 20 year old
intern in Washington, D.C., in 1981:
Yeah, it’s pretty wrinkled. Shows I’m doing my own laundry.
I would wear one of those plastic protectors, but they
make you look like a
republican.
-The New York Times August
16,1981-
On failing the bar
exam:
Certainly some of the scrutiny I could do without. When I
failed the bar exam…they new york post had the headline, " The hunk flunks"
So some of that I could actually do without.
-Primetime Live May 21, 1992-
On his speech at the 1988
Democratic Convention:
There have been many memorable speeches made at the
national political conventions. Mine wasn’t one of them.
-George August 1996-
On George:
I thought if I cold parachute behind enemy lines in a way
and join the journalistic profession, that I could begin to let my perspective
about politics seep in and
maybe influence the presentation of politics.
- Speech to the American Society of
Magazine editors, April 27, 1999-
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