Brian Stelter Quotes

Careerism: the self-centered philosophy of governing to win the next election above all else.

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.

I was pretty successful before Sept. 11 and fully expected that when I left being mayor I would be very successful.

You're a smaller fish in the U.S. There's just so many more TV shows, and actors, and actresses. Where as in the U.K. you're in a much smaller market there.

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

People ask the question, 'If you're offered VP, would you take it?' No, I won't take it.

Winning 'The Apprentice' changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. It has been an amazing experience working for Donald Trump and I am very grateful for the whole opportunity.

And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession.

Women are getting a lot smarter. Before they were very adventuresome. Today, women are not going to take chances on higher office unless there's a good chance of winning.

Politics are now nothing more than the means of rising in the world.

The rise of media politics has spawned a new breed of freelancing politicians who excel at demanding attention rather than working behind the scenes to get things done. These showboaters entertain or scare voters, often by affirming their common political identities. ­Problem ­solving invites reason, compromise, and, ultimately, mutual respect; ­identity ­building invites posturing, passion, and, ultimately, ­intolerance.

I don't think Trump really believes in all this stuff. But he thinks this would be his ticket to the White House - at least to get the Republican nomination.

When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.

I will never go to the Centre. I have never been an aspirant for any post or for any role at the Centre.

You know, sometimes I think people in politics are always looking for the next job and the next opportunity. And frankly, that's just not the way I'm wired.

The entire industry saw 'Pink' and it helped me get more work.

Everything that ever happened to me in my career, Trump was the first guy to pick up the phone and reach out to me.

The problem is that, you know, the corporate press loves [Donald Trump].

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.

I don't care if it's five dead cops, a dead black citizen in Minnesota or in Louisiana, there are people trying to profit from it, politically profit from it. It's undeniable. I think it's cheap and I think it's sick. But they are there. And you and I both know who they are.

We need to reevaluate that women who ask for a pay raise or ask for a promotion - it's actually an okay thing.

The people who are voting for Trump are not voting rationally.

Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than in the middle of some ladder you don’t, right?