I was raised by and have raised people who regard telling one story when two would do as a sign someone is not really trying. Linda Ellerbee More Quotes by Linda Ellerbee More Quotes From Linda Ellerbee If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. Linda Ellerbee confidence inspirational believe Media literacy is not just important, it's absolutely critical. It's going to make the difference between whether kids are a tool of the mass media or whether the mass media is a tool for kids to use. Linda Ellerbee differences media kids What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope'. If you're taking a risk, what you are really saying is, 'I believe in tomorrow and I will be the part of it. Linda Ellerbee risk change believe If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck? Linda Ellerbee birthday inspirational funny We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave. Linda Ellerbee rights writing years I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can. Linda Ellerbee laughter happiness reality Only dead fish swim with the stream all of the time. Linda Ellerbee fishes streams swim People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. Linda Ellerbee equality differences beauty I want to know why, if men rule the world, they don't stop wearing neckties. Linda Ellerbee want men world There are two types of change: the change we choose and the change that chooses us. Linda Ellerbee type inspirational two [My father] was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice, and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since. Linda Ellerbee friendship father thinking Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus. Linda Ellerbee anchorman block jesus Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better. Linda Ellerbee music mistake believe I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. Linda Ellerbee laughter humor happiness In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other. Linda Ellerbee money thinking-of-you relationship A good time to laugh is any time you can. Linda Ellerbee good-times laughter laughing Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't. Linda Ellerbee style self-esteem The best time to laugh is anytime you can. Linda Ellerbee best-times laughing Just because it's a rat race doesn't mean it's okay to be a rat. Linda Ellerbee rats race mean There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the consequences of what goes on there are real, whereas what goes on there may not be. Linda Ellerbee real goes-on may
