Aaron Brown Quotations

Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.

TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.

I have no problem with the security... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live. Safety first.

No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.

I know the difference between journalism and a slogan.

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

New Orleans dodged a bullet. It was the moment for viewers and in some respects for me that we understood it was not getting better, it was getting worse.

But the story to me today is that the guy I really believe was the best anchorman ever born died much too soon, with so many stories he wanted to tell,

I have been incredibly impressed by the humanity of the coverage.

He had so much faith, so I know where he is and I believe I will be there with him someday. This is not a time to be sad.

He has stayed with me, ... I haven't been able to stop thinking about this child.

He was that guy who lived and breathed it. He should have had another 10 years' worth of stories to tell.

There are still an awful lot of assets that have been evaporated but not written down. People are looking for a quarter with bad news so they can write it all off at once. Asset quality is lower than it has ever been.

Jeanne conveyed a human being's view of what she saw. Her reporting was incredibly solid. Her humanity was incredibly real. The marriage of those two elements helped viewers understand the desperate situation.

I saw what he could do at a Texas track meet in high school. I knew what he could do on the edge. What surprised me was what he did up the middle. I was impressed he didn't go down on the first hit.

Please handle this situation. This is extremely disturbing to me.

I was nervous, ... And you think about Utah, and all the wins they've had, it makes you more nervous. But I did what I had to do.

Finance can only be understood as a gambling game, and gambling games can only be understood as a form of finance. Many people have no trouble accepting the first part: They believe Wall Street is a big casino. When New York introduced off-track betting in 1971, it chose the slogan 'If you're in the stock market, you might find this a better bet,'?

What planet have these people been living on?

Sometimes a new hotel needs a little help getting the word out, so they'll have a great special.

People sometimes think we're a bunch of wacky thrill seekers, ... And no one who has listened to the words you've spoken or the tone of your voice could possibly think that now.

This is about a search for the truth,

Each of us comes from a different background, but those are pretty universal.

I have no problem with the security. ... It's something that must be done for the times in which we live, ... Safety first.

But I always knew when I got to the Brussels sprouts, I was on thin ice.

All false: I like gambling, the system was not cheating, and it was simple. But you're getting my side of the story here. It's my book; let those guys write their own books if they like. ... The cheaters stacked the deck, but cheaters are always the easiest people to beat.