The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say no. People have base instincts, but the transcendent also appeal to them. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more.… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image