--- title: "1 City hall Quotes By Sam Donaldson" description: "1 City hall quotes by Sam Donaldson. Plus more from Sam Donaldson and more City hall sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/sam-donaldson-18372_cities_and-on-election-night-i-d-go-down-to-cit_2522914.png" --- > [And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/and-on-election-night-i-d-go-down-to-city-hall-in-el-paso-texas-and/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/sam-donaldson-18372_cities_and-on-election-night-i-d-go-down-to-cit_2522914.png) ## Other authors on City hall ## More by Sam Donaldson > [The President's very shrewd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/the-president-s-very-shrewd/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [The press . . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/the-press-traditionally-sides-with-authority-and-the-establishment/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/the-truth-is-when-i-got-started-in-this-business-it-wasn-t-because-i/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [I'd rather work with someone who's good at their job but doesn't like me, than someone who likes me but is a ninny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/i-d-rather-work-with-someone-who-s-good-at-their-job-but-doesn-t-like/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/i-wanted-to-be-in-this-business-and-once-i-got-into-the-business-i/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/my-mother-did-all-she-could-to-control-me-but-at-age-14-she-sent-me/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/it-wasn-t-until-the-late-70s-that-a-lot-of-people-knew-me/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/but-in-1941-on-december-8th-after-the-japanese-attacked-pearl-harbor/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/if-you-have-a-setback-and-you-re-not-doing-well-and-then-you-overcome/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/news-conferences-are-the-only-chance-the-american-public-has-to-see/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/if-you-sent-me-to-cover-a-pie-baking-contest-on-mother-s-day-i-m/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/as-i-went-to-college-i-went-into-radio-and-television-now-i-suppose/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [My personal opinion is that guns kill people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/my-personal-opinion-is-that-guns-kill-people/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [Let's face it: Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there - they oppose him not for his polices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/let-s-face-it-many-on-the-political-right-believe-this-president/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) > [Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-donaldson/call-me-a-braggart-call-me-arrogant-people-at-abc-and-elsewhere-have/) [Sam Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-donaldson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city-hall/sam-donaldson/#itemlist", "name": "1 City hall Quotes By Sam Donaldson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. 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