Phil Donahue

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?

— Phil Donahue

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

— Phil Donahue

Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.

— Phil Donahue

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.

— Phil Donahue

I'd rather be called 'Sleazy' than to be identified as intelligent.

— Phil Donahue

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

— Phil Donahue

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

— Phil Donahue

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

— Phil Donahue

I realize what you can do when you scare the population and how media contributes to that.

— Phil Donahue

The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.

— Phil Donahue

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.

— Phil Donahue

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than…

— Phil Donahue

The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.

— Phil Donahue

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame.

— Phil Donahue

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

— Phil Donahue

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

— Phil Donahue

Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons.…

— Phil Donahue

I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it.

— Phil Donahue

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

— Phil Donahue

Women are smarter than men because they listen.

— Phil Donahue

Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?

— Phil Donahue

[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions…

— Phil Donahue

In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.

— Phil Donahue

I'm not a pacifist. I'm not that brave.

— Phil Donahue

What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.

— Phil Donahue