Katie Couric Quotes

I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.

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• My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Business
  • Friends
  • Doing

• A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

  

  Xenophon
  • Long
  • Beauty
  • Horse

• The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • People
  • World
  • History

• When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Win
  • Mistakes
  • Lose

• I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

  

  Faith Ford
  • Think
  • Comedy
  • Things

• I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • People
  • Think
  • Weird

• The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Work
  • Everything
  • Very

• By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Beauty
  • Flower
  • Gardening

• I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Real
  • Me
  • Comedy

• I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.

  

  Oscar de la Renta
  • You
  • Always
  • Naked

• I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a really nice truck. But it's a Durango and I like frontin'! I like to ride by and show off.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
  • Culture
  • Nice
  • Door

• People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.

  

  Fionnula Flanagan
  • People
  • Great
  • Silence

• Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Believe
  • Party
  • Intention

• I love to smoke things; there's usually something always in the pot outside. That smell of something in the smoker just reminds me of home.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Love
  • Home
  • Me

• I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • World
  • War
  • History

• I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Country
  • Love
  • Want

• I think when you're a TV presenter, you have to have a reason for doing it, and a lot of them have been around a long time and grafted for that. The reason why it works with me on 'The Xtra Factor' is because I was a contestant on it, and I have a relationship with the viewers at home.

  

  Olly Murs
  • Time
  • Long
  • Why

• You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • You
  • Better
  • Watch

• You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

  

  Emily Alyn Lind
  • Time
  • Work
  • Fun

• I love going away with friends - it gets a bit raucous and fun.

  

  Genevieve O'Reilly
  • Friends
  • Fun

• The best thing about Las Vegas is that no one pretends to be responsible for your behavior like they do in the rest of the country. There's no meddling self-righteous liberals or right-wing Christian demagogues telling you that you can't do something fun with your own time and money. If you can afford it, it's yours.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Time
  • Country
  • Money

• People don't understand that when I'm on the show I'm totally relaxed, hanging out, having a fun time, watching videos, and being goofy. Sometimes I say stupid comments, just being funny, and people think I'm a dumb person.

  

  Chanel West Coast
  • Fun
  • Sometimes
  • Stupid

• I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm just like, 'We'll see when I'm on the set.'

  

  Andy Daly
  • People
  • Guy

• I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.

  

  Katie Couric
  • Fun