Phil Donahue

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

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

“Miss Child is never bashful with butter.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.”

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