But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to. Sam Donaldson More Quotes by Sam Donaldson More Quotes From Sam Donaldson Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm. Sam Donaldson hospitality born texas But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news. We'd not had a radio up to that time. I was born in 1934, so I was seven years of age. Sam Donaldson mother war years I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton. Sam Donaldson agriculture typical boys You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever. Sam Donaldson waiting sweet water And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers. Sam Donaldson suits-you military school The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment. Sam Donaldson establishment authority sides I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. Sam Donaldson congratulations hard-work success But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do. Sam Donaldson ambition want kids In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake. Sam Donaldson president mistake years The President's very shrewd Sam Donaldson humorous president stupid Enemy of the People, history shows that tyrants and would-be tyrants always attempt to destroy a free press. And that is why the First Amendment to our Constitution specifically forbids government from interfering with the work of the press. Sam Donaldson top-news The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for. Sam Donaldson looking me business truth I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan. Sam Donaldson plan year never business I can't tell you what that little ingredient is which makes that first person want to go on and aggressively do more, and the other person be content to not do that. It's a mystery, but it does happen. Sam Donaldson person go you mystery But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent. Sam Donaldson you observation news business
