My mother did all she could to control m... by Sam Donaldson | We Heart Quotes

Age School Mother journalist news anchor

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

- Sam Donaldson

Other quotes by Sam Donaldson

Business

I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan.

- Sam Donaldson

Now People

As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

- Sam Donaldson

Fish

I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.

- Sam Donaldson

Education Mother Today Want

And really, the basis, I think, of achieving some success in what I want to do today comes from my mother's push to get me to read and to make something of myself from the standpoint of an education.

- Sam Donaldson

American Mind

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

- Sam Donaldson

Thought

And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.

- Sam Donaldson

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