Norman Lear Quotes

A collection of quotes by Norman Lear.

Norman Lear is an American television writer and producer, born on July 27, 1922. He is best known for creating and producing popular sitcoms such as "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons," and "Maude" during the 1970s. With a career spanning over five decades, Lear was a trailblazer in addressing social and political issues in his shows, challenging the norms of television at the time. He was also involved in various philanthropic endeavors, advocating for civil rights, media education, and political activism.

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.

Humor

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison A

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

Leadership

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Leadership

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - t

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.

Marriage

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

Leadership

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.

Dad

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

Things Little Things