Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

Quote by Bill Moyers

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I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to...

We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to...

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has...

This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has...

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for...

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for...

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing...

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

NBC - no body cares.

NBC - no body cares.

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?