January 22, 2021
What are some of your favorite quotes and/or phrases of all-time?
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Buzz Knight, Buzz Knight Media: “Good is the enemy of great, and that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great,” Jim Collins. “I’m feeling very isolated,” Warren Beatty, as Bugsy Siegal in the movie Bugsy.
Ronni Hunter, WRKZ: “Worth The Climb” #juliestrain #ripjuliestrain #heavymetalmagazine #heavymetal2000. |
Bartel, WKTU: “Champions keep playing until they get it right!” – Billie Jean King
Adam Rivers, WKCI: Work hard… Be a good person.
Mike “OD” O’Donnell, WKRZ: My staff always laughs when I say. “It is what it is,” because they know the meeting’s coming to an end. My dad always had this favorite phrase that still sticks, “Nice guys finish last.” One that tugs at my heart-strings is this line from Field of Dreams, “Hey rookie, you were good.” Rick Vaughn, KENZ: “Whether you believe that you can or that you cannot, you are correct,” Henry Ford. Buster Satterfield, Q102: “’Austin 3:16′ says I just whooped your ass!” – Stone Cold Steve Austin. Heather Deluca, WSJO: “Take the gun, leave the cannoli.” “Well-behaved woman rarely make history.” ”Whatever will be, will be.”
Jana Sutter, WXXL: What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger! Mikey V, Kiss 108: “Just Do It!” – Nike Josh Wolff, WAEB: If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. When in doubt, leave it out. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Todd Lyons, KATS: “A true friend stabs you in the front.” – Oscar Wilde |
 R Dub! Z90: “What’s fun about that?” From the movie BIG with Tom Hanks – the scene where he is in the boardroom meeting and he is clowning on someone’s stupid idea. He looks at the toy building that turns into a robot and says, “It’s a ‘building,’ I mean, what’s fun about that?” This is my go-to reply during promotions meetings when sales people bring up horrible ideas. “You want to give away a free soda on the air??? What’s fun about that???”
Joe Breezy, WNFN: Major toss-up. I’d say it’s between “Fortune favors the Brave” a Latin proverb and “Grip it and rip it” by the honorable Hansel from Zoolander. Justin Chase, Beasley Media Group: “Always stay humble and kind,” Tim McGraw.
Valentine, WBHT: “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” Albert Einstein. “Don’t sweat the small stuff,” quoted by many. Joey Brooks, WKSS: “Whether you believe that you can or that you cannot, you are correct.”
Mike McVay, McVay Media: “The devil is in the details,” German / American architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there,” English author Lewis Carroll. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt,” attributed to Mark Twain or Abraham Lincoln. |
Mark Adams, KYLD & KIOI: “Every time I try to talk to someone, it’s ‘sorry’ this and ‘forgive me’ that, and ‘I’m not worthy’…” – God, Monty Python & The Quest for The Holy Grail. “Well let me quote from the late, great Colonel Sanders, who said…”I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.” – Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights. “Mr. Blutarsky….zero…point…zero.” – Dean Wormer, Animal House. “Juuuuust a bit outside”. – Harry Doyle, Major League. “I’m in a glass case of emotion”! – Ron Burgundy, Anchorman. “You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know…morons.” – The Cisco Kid, Blazing Saddles. “At age eleven, I audited my parents. Believe me, there were some discrepancies, and I was grounded” – Detective Alan Gamble, The Other Guys. “Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here. This is the war room!”- President Muffley, Dr. Stranglove. “What the hell does that mean? huh? China is here, I don’t even know what the hell that means, all I know is this “Lo Pan” character comes out of thin air in the middle of a goddamn alley while his buddies are flying around on wires cutting everybody to shreds, and he just stands there waiting for me to drive my truck straight through him, with light coming out of his mouth!” – Jack Burton, Big Trouble, in Little China.
Jonathan Shuford, WRVW: Here’s one I’ve been living with lately. “One inch of action is always better than one mile of intention.” You can think things into existence as long as you want, but it’s better to take a step and see what happens.
Rick Cummings. Emmis Communications: “Never be humble to the haughty, never be haughty to the humble,” Mark Twain. (disputed) “Yes, I am drunk Madam, but you are ugly. And in the morning, I shall be sober,” Churchill.
Tommy Chuck, WFLZ: No amount of success in the office can justify failure in the home.
Jon Zellner, iHeartMedia: My top five… “Every great change is preceded by chaos,” Deepak Chopra. “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care,” Theodore Roosevelt. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity,” Martin Luther King. “Be the person you needed when you were younger,” Ayesha Siddiqi. “Tell them the facts and they’ll learn. Tell them the truth and they’ll believe. But tell them a story and it will live in their heart forever,” Native American proverb.
Dylan Salisbury, KKMG: “If your dreams don’t scare you, They aren’t big enough”
Lee Abrams mediavisions: “Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking, we can get on with creating the future,” James Bertrand. “The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail,” Edwin H. Land. “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns,” Edward de Bono.Next Week’s Question Of The Week:
Given the recent change of administrations in DC, what changes have effected our industry the most over the past twenty years?
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