Mark Burnett quote: "Donald Trump is a guy who can commit to things and wants to do a great job -- I mean, that's what makes Trump, Trump, ... People like that don't do things half-heartedly."

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MARK BURNETT

I've always liked adventure television. Pre-'Survivor,' I did a series on cable called &...
MARK BURNETT

Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies...
MARK BURNETT

Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You ca...
MARK BURNETT

'Survivor' wouldn't have happened had I not gone out there and helped CBS to sell sponso...
MARK BURNETT

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.
MARK BURNETT

I wanted the palette to mirror who they are.
MARK BURNETT

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? ...
MARK BURNETT

There are screens at the gas station, there are screens at the shopping mall. And they all need cont...
MARK BURNETT

My kids - even though it's a family business - they don't even know what day or time 'Su...
MARK BURNETT

So many people wanted an adventure. It was really more about finding the cast that I wanted for '...
MARK BURNETT

Finally after three years, Donald Trump has a real, true apprentice.
MARK BURNETT

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and sa...
MARK BURNETT

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my h...
MARK BURNETT

There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.
MARK BURNETT

In hindsight, two nights in a row each week is hard to invest [for viewers]. Thirty-two characters a...
MARK BURNETT

There is no bigger promotional platform than the Olympics. I'm honored that NBC is utilizing one of ...
MARK BURNETT

When I first said 'The tribe has spoken,' ( Survivor host) Jeff Probst looked at me like I had three...
MARK BURNETT

I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong w...
MARK BURNETT

I've always been fascinated by Martha Stewart,
MARK BURNETT

There's such a great series arc with her.
MARK BURNETT

In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Gove...
MARK BURNETT

I very much like Kenya. It's hard to beat the Masai Mara and the idea of ballooning across it. I...
MARK BURNETT

The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at n...
MARK BURNETT

'Content is King,' and with more screens needing entertaining content now than at any time i...
MARK BURNETT

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the t...
MARK BURNETT

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
CAROL BURNETT

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it ha...
CAROL BURNETT

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.
CAROL BURNETT

We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.
CAROL BURNETT

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can sur...
CAROL BURNETT

When things are a disappointment, try not to be so discouraged.
CAROL BURNETT

I struggled for a while, but when I was cast in an Off Broadway show called 'Once Upon a Mattres...
CAROL BURNETT

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star look...
CAROL BURNETT

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be fa...
CAROL BURNETT

I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
CAROL BURNETT

I very much enjoyed doing 'Law & Order,' playing a killer - that was fun, and they had a...
CAROL BURNETT

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking...
CAROL BURNETT

I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what p...
CAROL BURNETT

Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman doing the dentist sketch, whic...
CAROL BURNETT

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.
CAROL BURNETT

On the good days, my mother would haul out the ukulele and we'd sit around the kitchen table - i...
CAROL BURNETT

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.
CAROL BURNETT

Just scream! You vent, and the body just feels good after a good old yell.
CAROL BURNETT

I'm so happy with what has happened in my life.
CAROL BURNETT

I liked myself better when I wasn't me.
CAROL BURNETT

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants,...
LEO BURNETT

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is to swear off having ideas.
LEO BURNETT

I think we're here for each other.
CAROL BURNETT

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud...
LEO BURNETT

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
CAROL BURNETT

What helps people, helps business.
LEO BURNETT

Comedy is a tragedy plus time.
CAROL BURNETT

If you are writing about baloney, don't try and make it Cornish hen, because that's the worst kind o...
LEO BURNETT

I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good on...
LEO BURNETT

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.
LEO BURNETT

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business ...
LEO BURNETT

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mu...
LEO BURNETT

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
CAROL BURNETT

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sur...
FRANCES BURNETT

When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had ...
CAROL BURNETT

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.
CAROL BURNETT

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing b...
LEO BURNETT

We want consumers to say, 'That's a hell of a product' instead of, 'That's a hel...
LEO BURNETT

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by a...
CAROL BURNETT

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...
LEO BURNETT

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
CAROL BURNETT

Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to te...
CAROL BURNETT

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.
CAROL BURNETT

I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out ag...
CAROL BURNETT

Whether or not the standard of living made possible by mass production and in turn by mass circulati...
LEO BURNETT

Without immigrants, we never would've built this place.
BILL BURNETT

In 1955 we did have a strike in the mine at Gilman and boy, it was a wild time, we had lots of fight...
BILL BURNETT

Without immigrants, we never would've built this place. There were about 100 Japanese here that rais...
BILL BURNETT

It goes back a ways, I've seen changes in the town.
BILL BURNETT

Our pitching has definitely carried us. All three go out and compete and give a chance to win on mos...
ASHLEY BURNETT

We're in a good position, but we still have to go out there and compete. At least this gives us an o...
ASHLEY BURNETT

It's a different identity to itself because everybody's record is zero. I think we played as well as...
ASHLEY BURNETT

Right now it's just fun. We're just playing the game and having fun.
ASHLEY BURNETT

It's been like that all year long. It's been a different guy every game, who gets a big hit here, a ...
ASHLEY BURNETT

No matter how well you hit, you're going to face good pitching in the playoffs. So you've got to hav...
ASHLEY BURNETT

If we can go through those (games) playing good, solid baseball, I think we've got a chance to go pr...
ASHLEY BURNETT

(The Panthers) weren't able to throw their No. 1 or No. 2 guys, but not to take away anything from m...
ASHLEY BURNETT

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.
CAROL BURNETT

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants,...
LEO BURNETT

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.
LEO BURNETT

My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a ...
CAROL BURNETT

My grandmother and I would go see movies, and we'd come back to the apartment - we had a one-roo...
CAROL BURNETT

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is mo...
LEO BURNETT

She suffered. She suffered a whole lot. And at one point I was praying for her to be released. You k...
CAROL BURNETT

When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go
CAROL BURNETT

She was a mountain girl, ... We brought some of her ashes here and placed them next to F.C. Jones. I...
CAROL BURNETT

People invite me to dinner not because I cook, but because I like to clean up. I get immediate grati...
CAROL BURNETT

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
CAROL BURNETT

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
CAROL BURNETT

She said, 'Mama, if I can take it back ...,
CAROL BURNETT

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's whe...
CAROL BURNETT

I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Th...
CAROL BURNETT

I'm not always optimistic. You wouldn't have all cylinders cooking if you were always like M...
CAROL BURNETT

I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.'
CAROL BURNETT

Tanner is a coach's dream. He works hard, is always striving to improve, and leads by example. Tanne...
BRUCE BURNETT

Joe Baker really set the stage. For Joe to open up the match that way was tremendous.
BRUCE BURNETT

It was really a great win. We were prepared physically, we were prepared mentally and we were prepar...
BRUCE BURNETT

Boy, the kids really got the job done. I'm really proud of the way we competed. Our preparation the ...
BRUCE BURNETT

Tanner had to step up to fill a hole and he rose to the occasion.
BRUCE BURNETT

Tanner is a tenacious competitor with a strong will. He learned early on that conditioning can put y...
BRUCE BURNETT

He's a natural leader. He leads by example first, so all the hard work and commitment that he's made...
BRUCE BURNETT

We pride ourselves on being in shape. There's not a team in the country that can out-condition us.
BRUCE BURNETT

John has really stepped up. We always knew he was capable, it's all about confidence.
BRUCE BURNETT

Our guys came out strong, worked hard and controlled the pace. I want to win them all, and I'm alway...
BRUCE BURNETT

I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of al...
LEO BURNETT

A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in th...
LEO BURNETT

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
CAROL BURNETT

When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.
CAROL BURNETT

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always 'a big breakthroug...
CAROL BURNETT

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud ...
LEO BURNETT

Comedy is tragedy plus time.
CAROL BURNETT

Comedy is tragedy - plus time
CAROL BURNETT

We want consumers to say, 'That's a hell of a product' instead of, 'That's a hell of an ad.'
LEO BURNETT

I've got one more start here, and that's all that matters.
A.J. BURNETT

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I on...
CAROL BURNETT

When I left 'The Garry Moore Show,' I signed a 10-year contract with CBS.
CAROL BURNETT

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.
CAROL BURNETT

I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland.
CAROL BURNETT

Because of YouTube, I'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds and teenagers and college kids.
CAROL BURNETT

Anyone who thinks that people can be fooled or pushed around has an inaccurate and pretty low estima...
LEO BURNETT

I'd like to answer that question honestly, but we have seven. It's not like it's going to change.
CHERYL BURNETT

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
CAROL BURNETT

We didn't always take the open shots, we made things harder than they had to be, and then when Ohio ...
CHERYL BURNETT

I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will.
CAROL BURNETT

I liked myself better when I wasn't me.
CAROL BURNETT

I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading peop...
LEO BURNETT

My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him - being that belly-laugh kin...
CAROL BURNETT

We play scared. We manage scared. We coach scared.
A.J. BURNETT

Sooner rather than later, we're going to see a new team on top there.
A.J. BURNETT

As long as we go to the playoffs, that's all I care about. I'm going to do what I can to get us ther...
A.J. BURNETT

It is driving me. It's driving me more now than ever. This is a great team. We've got great pitching...
A.J. BURNETT

I've got one more start here, and that's all that matters. It's depressing around here. There's noth...
A.J. BURNETT

It just goes back to let everybody else worry about the Rocket. Let him take the show, and hopefully...
A.J. BURNETT

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the...
CAROL BURNETT

Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball were so unique.
CAROL BURNETT

His room looked like a Radio Shack,
ROBERT BURNETT

I have no timetable. I have none. I wish I could tell you, but I don't (have a schedule). We're goin...
A.J. BURNETT

Every play they made behind me pumped me up even more and gave me the energy to keep going.
A.J. BURNETT

I'm very pleased with the outcome and the results. I probably could have thrown 10 or 15 more, if I ...
A.J. BURNETT

There'll be a lot of turmoil; and we're not finished yet.
TOM BURNETT

The primary goal is to generate new Chronicle Books loyalists by creating engaging, innovative and u...
ANDREA BURNETT

Someone from Tickets.com was here all week. They have assured us that everything will work.
CHARTESE BURNETT

It was something, huh? I was really impressed when I was warming up in the bullpen. My arm felt grea...
SEAN BURNETT

It [pain in the elbow] came on pretty good in the fourth inning. This really is frustrating for me. ...
A.J. BURNETT

It's a 3-3 game. I give up a home run, it's a funeral. I'm over it, man. I've got one more start her...
A.J. BURNETT

The chemical and isotopic composition of the sun is the starting composition from which all planets ...
DON BURNETT

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of ...
LEO BURNETT

That's big to do that early. I tried to get out there and get the strut, get the glare and the feeli...
A.J. BURNETT

I'm so happy that we can share the many years of music and sketches from our shows with the students...
CAROL BURNETT

If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may...
FRANCES BURNETT

It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen
FRANCES BURNETT

At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it c...
FRANCES BURNETT

Obviously, there's a step before [pitching on Saturday]. Baby steps. I'm not going to go out and pit...
A.J. BURNETT

I was still upset. But I got some good phone calls last night ... and that eased me up a little bit ...
A.J. BURNETT

Just make her a little bitchier.
CAROL BURNETT

When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always "a big breakthroug...
CAROL BURNETT

This is to explain just how your mom turned out to be the kind of hairpin she is.
CAROL BURNETT

One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sur...
FRANCES BURNETT

I'm taking nothing away from Michigan State - they do a great job with their pressures, with the kin...
CHERYL BURNETT

I don't know what reason there is to be cautious anymore. Once the tissues have broken up and there'...
A.J. BURNETT

Last year was really chaotic, but this year is a little more fun. There's a different level of excit...
CHARTESE BURNETT

I have always been a very passionate player and person. I often wear my emotions on my sleeve, somet...
A.J. BURNETT

You hear all the hoorah about Roger Clemens being a warrior. It showed tonight. That's what he is.
A.J. BURNETT

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for...
LEO BURNETT

Probably we're going to end up as Pfizer as the victor, ... We believe we'll probably end up there, ...
TOM BURNETT

I think I would never have heard it and if I did hear it I wouldn't have paid a lick of attention to...
JEFF BURNETT

Wherever they want me to throw 90 pitches I'm up for it.
A.J. BURNETT

I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.
CAROL BURNETT

We were still within shouting distance. And then of course they busted it open.
CHERYL BURNETT

Either we were scoring or we were turning the ball over. We thought this was a good time to play the...
CHERYL BURNETT

We put ourselves in a position (to win). A couple of shots go in, we get a couple more (defensive) s...
CHERYL BURNETT

My expectation will be -- has been every year -- it will always be to get into the NCAA tournament, ...
CHERYL BURNETT

When I looked on the court last year, about every possession I was seeing four freshmen. We'll be th...
CHERYL BURNETT

We still have one of the youngest teams in America.
CHERYL BURNETT

Only on the Internet can a person be lonely and popular at the same time.
ALLISON BURNETT

I think I'm a better pitcher than 49-50. I was just battling to find out who I was and where I was a...
A.J. BURNETT

I'm not criticizing or saying it should or should not be that way. But neutrality is a major issue. ...
CHERYL BURNETT

I want to make sure it is out of there for good. Whatever it is, there is a shark floating in there ...
BUT BURNETT

that didn't deter me from wanting to listen to it or to have access to it.
DEENA BURNETT

I think investors need to be careful because there are some significant antitrust overlaps ... The a...
TOM BURNETT

One of the brain's most prominent skills is the ability to ignore anything that becomes too predicta...
DEAN BURNETT

Wild card or not, playoffs or not, our season ain't over. The game ain't over when it's 3-1. The gam...
A.J. BURNETT

There's no such thing as 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' There's only 'smart sell' and 'stupid sell.'
LEO BURNETT

The transcript really doesn't give you a sense of the heroism on that flight. I would like to have (...
DEENA BURNETT

I'm more of a four-seam pitcher. I need to establish that on both sides of the plate, up and down, b...
A.J. BURNETT

It felt real good. I just tried to stay within myself out there. I didn't want to go overboard, just...
A.J. BURNETT

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.
LEO BURNETT

I planned from about the time I was in my late 20s that I wanted to be retired from working for some...
LEO BURNETT

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands o...
LEO BURNETT

Fun without sell gets nowhere but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
LEO BURNETT

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't.
LEO BURNETT

I regard a great ad as the most beautiful thing in the world.
LEO BURNETT

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a ...
LEO BURNETT

Anyone who thinks that people can be fooled or pushed around has an inaccurate and pretty low estima...
LEO BURNETT

Donald Trump is a guy who can commit to things and wants to do a great job -- I mean, that's what makes Trump, Trump, ... People like that don't do things half-heartedly.

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Donald Trump is a guy who can commit to things and wants to do a great job -- I mean, that's what makes Trump, Trump, ... People like that don't do things half-heartedly.

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