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title: "4 Bricks Quotes By David Brinkley"
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> [“A successfull man is who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/a-successfull-man-is-who-can-lay-a-firm-foundation-with-the-bricks/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/david-brinkley-25462_bricks_a-successfull-man-is-who-can-lay-a-firm_64480.png)

> [A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/a-successful-person-is-one-who-can-lay-a-firm-foundation-with-the-2/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/david-brinkley-25462_bricks_a-successful-person-is-one-who-can-lay-a_1304441.png)

> [A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/a-successful-person-is-one-who-can-lay-a-firm-foundation-with-the-3/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/david-brinkley-25462_bricks_a-successful-person-is-one-who-can-lay-a_1422617.png)

> [Laughter is a unique medicine that places your problems in perspective, relaxes your tense muscles, reassures those around you, and helps you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/laughter-is-a-unique-medicine-that-places-your-problems-in/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/david-brinkley-25462_bricks_laughter-is-a-unique-medicine-that-place_2146198.jpg)

## Other authors on Bricks

## More by David Brinkley

> [“A successfull man is who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/a-successfull-man-is-who-can-lay-a-firm-foundation-with-the-bricks/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/i-m-not-a-very-good-advertisement-for-the-american-school-system/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/being-an-anchor-is-not-just-a-matter-of-sitting-in-front-of-a-camera/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/numerous-politicians-have-seized-absolute-power-and-muzzled-the-press/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/we-can-look-forward-to-four-more-years-of-wonderful-inspirational/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [She took a leap of faith and grew her wings on the way down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/she-took-a-leap-of-faith-and-grew-her-wings-on-the-way-down/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/washington-is-a-pool-of-money-surrounded-by-people-who-want-some/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/washington-d-c-is-a-city-filled-with-people-who-believe-they-are/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/nobody-in-tv-makes-as-much-money-as-robert-redford-who-likes-to-make/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/the-one-function-that-tv-news-performs-very-well-is-that-when-there/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/in-the-nineteenth-century-government-agencies-in-washington-had/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/a-successful-person-is-one-who-can-lay-a-firm-foundation-with-the-2/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/a-successful-person-is-one-who-can-lay-a-firm-foundation-with-the-3/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [By early 1943, the Pentagon was complete-a building big enough to house forty thousand people and all their accoutrements, the largest building in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/by-early-1943-the-pentagon-was-complete-a-building-big-enough-to/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

> [“The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brinkley/the-one-function-tv-news-performs-very-well-is-that-when-there-is-no/)

[David Brinkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brinkley/)

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