Quotes for All
Phil Gramm had a stump speech about how his mother’s devotion kept him from being an academic failure in life. She got him into a special school that turned him around – under a government program for the children of deceased veterans. He was repeatedly asked at press conferences why he would then turn around … Read more
If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price. Edward Snowden
Starting my carrer, I had three rules. I called a press conference and said: you can’t kill me in a movie; I win all my fights in a movie; I get the girl at the end of the movie if I want her. They weren’t about to hear that, and I knew that I would … Read more
What does a professional photojournalist do that others cannot? Depicting photo opportunities as if they are authentic, covering press conferences, or making subjects play their assigned roles (the poor as passive victims, celebrities as glamorous) are hardly adequate responses. In fact, these might be reasons to ask for the help of amateurs who do not … Read more
Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I’m in public. It might as well be a press conference. Dwyane Wade
But if you’re coming off ACL surgery, you don’t need to be having a press conference at OTAs. Every week? Really? It becomes a circus, a sideshow. It takes away from the focus of what those sessions are supposed to be about: the team. Donovan McNabb
I’ve seen better coverage at an Alan Keyes press conference. Dennis Miller
Iraqi’s minister of information did not show up for his press conference today. However, he claims he was there and he said it went very well. David Letterman
Let me just say this: You know your campaign is not going well when you open a press conference by saying, ‘I told you there would be more lewd photos’. David Letterman
Last night, President Bush gave a prime-time press conference. It was such a big deal that Fox decided to preempt American Idol. Which made sense to me, you don’t want too many amateurs on in one night. David Letterman