The best Quotes by Tom Brokaw

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative: Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.

While Pickstown may not be what it once was, it still is framed by the natural beauty of the ancient river, the sweep of the Great Plains, and the long, unbroken shoreline of the lake behind the dam. It gave me a 19th-century childhood in a modern mid-20th-century town, and for that I will always be grateful.

You will not solve global climate change by hitting the delete button.

Darcy Lewis: "No one would notice if you blew up a Dakota. Honestly, I can't tell them apart."
Carol Danvers: "South Dakota is on the bottom."

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to South Dakota - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

It's wrong to think that an educational system could work without conveying values!

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Education is that human process of feeding your mind with ideas that it never had before, or information you never had.

Education is the ability to distinguish between useful and useless knowledge.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.

In times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

From crisis emerge men determined to succeed.

Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.

Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.