Phil Donahue Professions : Film writer Born : December 21, 1935 Browse All Authors Top 55 quotes by Phil Donahue In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them. Phil Donahue important reality looks Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas. Phil Donahue lord praise ideas I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother. Phil Donahue difficult mother bears At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous. Phil Donahue enjoyed fame firsts 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 remember war world I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi. Phil Donahue lasts three justice Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? Phil Donahue wonder quiet men Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing. Phil Donahue under-pressure shut-up pressure To a journalist, good news is often not news at all. Phil Donahue journalist journalism news There is no democracy without dissent. Phil Donahue dissent democracy The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy. Phil Donahue debate presidential democracy The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. Phil Donahue pits dollars charity In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. Phil Donahue shaving vices president There's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is because of the seperation of Church and State, and there are people out there who can't wait to make this nation a nation of one religion... THEIR religion. Phil Donahue diversity waiting people The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work. Phil Donahue inability democracy country The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas. Phil Donahue selling-things vehicle ideas Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent. Phil Donahue recognition men cheating December 25th has become guilt and obligation. Phil Donahue december obligation guilt [Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions be public? Phil Donahue important rights doors I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion. Phil Donahue rebellion uprising doubt Similar Authors Brian Aldiss film-writer Arnold Bennett film-writer Arthur C. Clarke film-writer Anne Roiphe film-writer Ann Brashares film-writer Andrei Tarkovsky film-writer All Authors