Lance Ito Quotes

Sadly, some seem unable to accept that maybe what America needs is someone who will level with voters, and who isn't shy about presenting things as they are, not like we would necessarily like them to be. That is no truer than on U.S. college campuses.

It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.

I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.

Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference.

'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice.

One thing that God revealed to me is that we as Christians are going to have to get a portion of the media so that we can present the good news on a major basis the way that they're presenting the bad news on a major basis.

When you're someone in the media, the good thing is, I guess, that you can reach a lot of people.

Television changed politics forever. If you’re not any good at it, forget it.

1952 was the last year that television covered a political event as if television weren't there.

The entertainment industry, in particular, is all about communication and being aware of what's going on, which can take over an actor's life.

I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage.

People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week.

For years, as a seller of real estate and star of reality TV, Donald Trump made a living wooing customers and viewers. His selling skills were good enough that he even convinced voters to elect him as president in spite of his near-total lack of qualifications.

Nearly all Americans felt they knew JFK intimately, his charm and wit regularly lighting up the television screen at home. This is why polls showed that millions of Americans took his assassination like a 'death in the family.'

I'm on all the channels. I'm on every channel. Not just Fox. I'm even on the channels that attack me all the time.

It's difficult to get away from the media, from social media. It's a big thing in society and in football, in particular.

Colombians don't switch on their TVs to see me, but what I'm wearing.

Donald Trump was really cool. I think a lot of people don't understand him. He brings so much media attention to anything he does. He's a proven success. I think people should listen to what he says a little more than focusing on hair.

I say this to everybody: 'Watters World' makes you laugh, and then 'Watters World' makes you cry, because it is shocking, and even I myself am still shocked at some of the answers when I go out.

As a politician, I engage with all kinds of opinions irrespective of whether they are in the media or not.

It was interesting to shoot history as it happens, without anyone demanding a huge story.

When people sit in front of a microphone, they feel empowered.

Before the camera, you only had secondhand takes - someone had to tell you what they saw or draw a picture of it or sing a song. Because of the camera, sometimes to our horror, we now know everything that happens in the world - things that before we were sheltered from.

It's easy to give your opinion in front of the television without any responsibility.

I know why politicians want to go on TV: that's where really old people are. And old people vote.