Aaron Brown Quotes

• No one wants to hear the truth if it isn’t what they want to hear.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Hear, Thinking
• 

  This is about a search for the truth.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Search, Thinking

• Sometimes a new hotel needs a little help getting the word out, so they’ll have a great special.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Getting, Great

• Finance can only be understood as a gambling game, and gambling games can only be understood as a form of finance. Many people have no trouble accepting the first part: They believe Wall Street is a big casino. When New York introduced off-track betting in 1971, it chose the slogan ‘If you’re in the stock market, you might find this a better bet,’?

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Finance, Gambling, People

• All false: I like gambling, the system was not cheating, and it was simple. But you’re getting my side of the story here. It’s my book; let those guys write their own books if they like. … The cheaters stacked the deck, but cheaters are always the easiest people to beat.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Gambling, Cheating, Books

• Each of us comes from a different background, but those are pretty universal.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Different, Pretty, Universal

• I saw what he could do at a Texas track meet in high school. I knew what he could do on the edge. What surprised me was what he did up the middle. I was impressed he didn’t go down on the first hit.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in School, Surprised, Impressed

• He has stayed with me, … I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this child.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thinking, Stayed, Child

• But I always knew when I got to the Brussels sprouts, I was on thin ice.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thin, Thinking

• What planet have these people been living on?

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Planet, Living

• TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in News, Different, Watch

• Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Television, Control, Perfect

• He was that guy who lived and breathed it. He should have had another 10 years’ worth of stories to tell.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Lived, Worth, Stories

• But the story to me today is that the guy I really believe was the best anchorman ever born died much too soon, with so many stories he wanted to tell.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Memorable

• We are in the business of gathering the news. We’re not in the business of talking about the news.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Business

  Tags in News, Talking

• Jeanne conveyed a human being’s view of what she saw. Her reporting was incredibly solid. Her humanity was incredibly real. The marriage of those two elements helped viewers understand the desperate situation.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Humanity

  Tags in Incredibly, Marriage, Situation

• Truth no longer matters in the context of politics and, sadly, in the context of cable news.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Politics, Truth

  Tags in News, Thinking

• People sometimes think we’re a bunch of wacky thrill seekers, … And no one who has listened to the words you’ve spoken or the tone of your voice could possibly think that now.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Possibly, Thinking

• I was nervous, … And you think about Utah, and all the wins they’ve had, it makes you more nervous. But I did what I had to do.

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nervous, Think

• [Jones tried to put race aside, focusing her outrage on charging] the government has not allocated the resources. … Now, look, here’s the question, OK? And then we’ll end this. Do you think the reason that they’re not there or the food is not there or the cruise ships aren’t there or all this stuff that you believe should be there, isn’t this a matter of race and/or class?

  Aaron Brown

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Focusing, Reason, Think

Aaron Brown (29)

Birth:	10th November, 1948
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Journalist

About

Aaron Brown is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN. He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding host of ABC's World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight and the host of CNN's flagship evening program NewsNight with Aaron Brown. He was the anchor of the PBS documentary series Wide Angle from 2008 to 2009. He is currently an instructor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

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