Linda Ellerbee Quotes

United States, Journalist
August 15, 1944

Linda Ellerbee (born August 15, 1944) is an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C. correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network's Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. Her work on NBC News Overnight was recognized by the jurors of the duPont Columbia Awards as "possibly the best written and most intelligent news program ever."

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
- Time
- World
- Good
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
- May
- Courage
- Sun

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.

Linda Ellerbee
- Style
When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.

Linda Ellerbee
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
- World
- Men
- Why
Time doesn't go. Time stays. We go.

Linda Ellerbee
- Time
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
- Time
- Believe
- Heart
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.

Linda Ellerbee
- People
- Pretty

The new national campfire - radio.

Linda Ellerbee