Brian Lamb Quotes (16 Quotes)

It's one of the most exciting things we do. There are a lot of sharp people in education and we are able to show that. The best part is the spontaneity of it all.

Today the Court took up the question of televising these proceedings and a majority of the Court remains of the view that we should adhere to our present practice of allowing public attendance and print media coverage of argument sessions, but not allow camera or audio coverage.

Even though their car didn't do so well, it was a tremendously creative design.

I don't, for the record, have a Tweety Bird fetish.

That's a selling point for me. So many more students will have a lot more access to classes.

From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.

We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life wrote to us, including actresses, stand-up comics, parents and students. What's clear after reading the entries is the impact that call-ins have had on the political conversation on the network.

More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.

It's easier to fix damage than it is to create it.

My number one goal was not getting 'A's' - and I proved it. I was a 'C' student. You have to be ready to learn. If you're not interesting in learning, it doesn't work. As I grew older and wanted to learn and desperately wanted inside information, learning was a lot easier.

Twenty-five years ago, I was a guy with an idea to give the public access to political events, without interruption and without commentary. But C-SPAN is also the story of a group of public-minded cable entrepreneurs who stepped up and said, 'Yes, we'll put the House of Representatives on our cable systems,' and who continue to support us to this day.

When you add it all up, I've committed about 1.8 years of my life to reading books for the series. It's time to use all those hours in other ways.

It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.

My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most.

We did receive, late last week, their response and their plan. We are evaluating it to see if they are compliant. We will be talking to them. We wanted to see their plan and also how they will execute it.

Chemical engineers aren't really cool. People enjoy what they study and want to do something cool with it.