Ralph Steadman Quotes

Things that happen every day are, frankly, what we in the news business aren't good at covering because there is no one day in which they are news.

I can pretty much call anyone, whether at the White House, in a company or in the media. I have access, because of the silliness of the entertainment world and how people react to it. It gave me an enormous opportunity to do anything I really want to.

Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room.

If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public.

'Amy' is somewhere in the middle of authorized and unauthorized.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass.

War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly.

Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.

The media bring our wars home, but only rarely have they been able to do it in complete freedom.

I was authorized to do everything that I did.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.

It is better to be likable than to be talented.

I've always been, with acting, very hesitant to get myself into situations where I would be accused of nepotism.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

You want your coach's blessing.

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show.

In nominating young women and men to our service academies, it must only be about who you are, not who you know.

I was never invited to the White House.

Why should I try to make you believe the things I believe in?

You understand, of course, that I can only get you access.