Don Lemon Quotes
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I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist.
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I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.
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African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.
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There's a degree of deception in silence.
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I like all kinds of music. I hope you do, too.
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The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.
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If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.
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Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else.
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More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.
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Think about just how much we'd get accomplished if we collectively viewed the people with whom we came into contact as just an American and not an American with a prefix.
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I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills.
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I love old school rock and roll.
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It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.
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I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.
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Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first.
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I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'
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The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.
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Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward R. Murrow, Clark Kent guy with the family and 2.5 kids - or the perky, cute yet smart Katie Couric.
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Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.
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I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.