Quotes of Norman Lear - somelinesforyou

“ 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. You may even see another television show. ”

- Norman Lear

“ You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success… If one can look at life as being successful on a moment-by-moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful. And take the bow inside for it. When we wait for the big bow, it's a lousy bargain… ”

- Norman Lear

“ You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success… If one can look at life as being successful on a moment-by-moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful. And take the bow inside for it. When we wait for the big bow, it's a lousy bargain… ”

- Norman Lear

“ Instead of keeping it in private hands on some wall someplace, this will travel to schools, to libraries in 50 states. ”

- Norman Lear

“ In this nation, leadership is dollars. ”

- Norman Lear

“ Instead of keeping it in private hands on some wall someplace, this will travel to schools, to libraries in 50 states. ”

- Norman Lear

“ Instead of keeping it in private hands on some wall someplace, this will travel to schools, to libraries in 50 states. ”

- Norman Lear

“ You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success… If one can look at life as being successful on a moment-by-moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful. And take the bow inside for it. When we wait for the big bow, it's a lousy bargain… ”

- Norman Lear

“ Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs. ”

- Norman Lear

“ You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success… If one can look at life as being successful on a moment-by-moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful. And take the bow inside for it. When we wait for the big bow, it's a lousy bargain… ”

- Norman Lear

“ Instead of keeping it in private hands on some wall someplace, this will travel to schools, to libraries in 50 states. ”

- Norman Lear

“ Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. ”

- Norman Lear

“ But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ”

- Norman Lear

“ What the Democrats dont get is that while the American people are longing for authenticity, they come across as totally inauthentic,... because they try to represent what they think the American people want, and in the process entirely lose themselves… ”

- Norman Lear

“ So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care. ”

- Norman Lear

“ The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings. ”

- Norman Lear

“ We got ratings. It isn't that they won't quarrel with you, or say you're always right. But as long as you stay strong and the ratings are good and you're reasonable - I don't think we fought unreasonably. We basically won that right. ”

- Norman Lear

“ We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition. ”

- Norman Lear

“ You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success… If one can look at life as being successful on a moment-by-moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful. And take the bow inside for it. When we wait for the big bow, it's a lousy bargain… ”

- Norman Lear

“ Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. ”

- Norman Lear

“ Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker was a genius at work, God's gift to the world. He is etched permanently in our memories. ”

- Norman Lear

“ TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary. ”

- Norman Lear

“ First and foremost, find out what it is you're about, and be that. Be what you are, and don't lose it… It's very hard to be who we are, because it doesn't seem to be what anyone wants. ”

- Norman Lear

“ It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. ”

- Norman Lear

“ It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. ”

- Norman Lear

“ Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. ”

- Norman Lear

“ You have to look at success incrementally. It takes too long to get to any major success… If one can look at life as being successful on a moment-by-moment basis, one might find that most of it is successful. And take the bow inside for it. When we wait for the big bow, it's a lousy bargain… ”

- Norman Lear

“ This isn't the best time for America laughing at ourselves. I think political satire thrives much more at a time when we're in a mood to laugh at ourselves. The degree of political correctness has just gotten terrible. ”

- Norman Lear

“ It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much. ”

- Norman Lear

“ Instead of keeping it in private hands on some wall someplace, this will travel to schools, to libraries in 50 states. ”

- Norman Lear
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3