Author Profile
Martha MacCallum
1964 • American • Journalist
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesI always believed if you worked honestly and pulled for the team, you could keep moving up. So, that's what I did.— Martha MacCallum
There is no place like America. Between the stunning skyline of New York and the bright lights of Hollywood it is out there.— Martha MacCallum
Donald Trump is a phenomenon. Barack Obama was a phenomenon. A phenomenon is a 'happening' or an 'experience.'— Martha MacCallum
Nobody was going to beat Barack Obama in 2008. That's a fact. It was his moment. It wasn't that John McCain ran a bad campaign, or picked the wrong VP. It was just that it didn't matter, it was over when it started.— Martha MacCallum
Ceremony and ritual are like a warm, fuzzy coat to the Brits. It feels good to put it on.— Martha MacCallum
A King and Queen can comfort the people in times of grief, and provide a nationalist camaraderie. That is the gift that royalty can give back.— Martha MacCallum
Americans fall into two categories when it comes to British royalty: loyalists and rebels. Loyalists made Princess Diana the all-time best-selling 57-time cover girl of People magazine.— Martha MacCallum
Poise is a word that seems to have slipped out of the lexicon. There's no emoji for it.— Martha MacCallum
Early in my career, I was subjected to harassment in the form of some unwelcome suggestive comments and overtures.— Martha MacCallum
A society where divisiveness leads to crassness that seems to feel it's justified by political bent. Is that really who we want to be? Is that what our nation was built on?— Martha MacCallum
The Fox News that I know and work in is a team of producers, technicians, photographers, truck operators and production managers who barely have time to eat lunch, much less engage in bad behavior.— Martha MacCallum
The words used to describe the heroes of D-Day are not the current lexicon we tend to use for success. Humble, selfless, brave. Those are not words we attach in 2019 to superstars.— Martha MacCallum
Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.— Martha MacCallum
Here, anyone can become president. We've had haberdashers, generals, lawyers, peanut farmers, community organizers and a real estate developer, to name a few. But perhaps no one had a better resume than George H.W. Bush.— Martha MacCallum
Our relationship with presidents is often like that of a teenager and parent. He's our leader, but sometimes we rail against his decisions for us. We push back at times to make sure he knows who's boss.— Martha MacCallum