Keith Olbermann Professions : Sports commentator Born : January 27, 1959 Browse All Authors Top 66 quotes by Keith Olbermann What was the more likely cause of the Oklahoma City bombing: talk radio or Bill Clinton and Janet Renos hands-on management of Waco, the Branch Davidian compound?...Obviously, the answer is talk radio. Specifically Rush Limbaughs hate radio....Frankly, Rush, you have that blood on your hands now and you have had it for 15 years. Keith Olbermann oklahoma-city hate blood What would you do, sir, if terrorists were killing 45,000 people every year in this country? Well, the current health care system, the insurance companies, and those who support them are doing just that. [...] Because they die individually because of disease and not disaster, [radio host] Neal Boortz and all those who ape him approve this. Forty five thousand a year in America. Remind me again, who are the terrorists? Keith Olbermann country america years Apparently, the people in the [George W.] Bush administration who wanted to confront me on this could not spell my name correctly. They wanted to send a series of emails thinking that perhaps MSNBC was perhaps favorable to the Bush administration. They thought that they could send me a series of questions or talking points to disprove Joe Wilson with. Keith Olbermann names talking thinking You know the Art Rule: Do something that entertains/interests YOU, if you're lucky it'll do the same for others. Keith Olbermann interest lucky art I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room. Keith Olbermann rooms years thinking The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack. Keith Olbermann shade politics men It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it. Keith Olbermann simple people thinking If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the welfare of others, and a full-flowered self-rationalizing refusal to accept the outcomes of elections, or the reality of democracy, or the narrowness of their minds and the equal narrowness of their public support. Keith Olbermann party heart reality Without [hatred] Michelle Malkin would just be a big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick on it. Keith Olbermann bags meat hatred Courage is a mutual thing. Keith Olbermann mutual At Current, television is all we do - that's our business. We don't have amusement parks I have to worry about, we don't have environmental cases against us, we don't have a series of outdoor-advertising companies. Keith Olbermann environmental worry television Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing. Keith Olbermann depressing religious sports [T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only defense the ordinary citizen has. Keith Olbermann defense struggle country Matt Millen, you draft a wide receiver every year. HOW DARE YOU SIR, HOW DARE YOU! Keith Olbermann wide-receiver dare years If you're a baseball fan and you don't know what BP is, you're working in a mine without one of those helmets with the lights on it. Keith Olbermann fans light baseball I do know without fear of contradiction what the definition of life is and it is 12 words long. 'Life is defined by how much you improve the lives of others.' Keith Olbermann definitions life-is long Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen. Keith Olbermann news foxes television Just a threat of a boycott has got the Russians spinning. Keith Olbermann spinning threat gay Even on the greatest teams, there's always one role player. Keith Olbermann roles team player I can't think of an instance at MSNBC where anything I said on the air was influenced by what was going on behind the scenes. Keith Olbermann behind-the-scenes air thinking Similar Authors Bob McKenzie sports-commentator David Coleman sports-commentator Harry Carpenter sports-commentator Mike Ingham sports-commentator Max Robertson sports-commentator Jesse Palmer sports-commentator All Authors