Norman Lear Quotes

United States, Writer
July 27, 1922

Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude. As a political activist, he founded the advocacy organization People for the American Way in 1981 and has supported First Amendment rights and progressive causes.

Also known as Producer

If there was a sense of - a bigger sense of responsibility in the various leadership positions in America, things would be not as grotesquely overly done as they are now.

Norman Lear
We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.

Norman Lear

Power is the goal of religion in general.

Norman Lear
- Power
- Religion
- Goal
Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

Norman Lear
- Life
- Happiness
- Successes
Success is how you collect your minutes.

Norman Lear
- Success
- Minutes
- Collect
I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.

Norman Lear
Life is about having a good time.

Norman Lear
- Life
- Having
- Good Time
I don't know how you can look back with regret if you're at a moment when everything seems fine.

Norman Lear
- Moment
- Regret
- Fine

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Norman Lear
America is a country of excess.

Norman Lear
- Country
- America
- Excess