In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.
Phil Donahue

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.
Phil Donahue

Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.
Phil Donahue

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Phil Donahue

I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.
Phil Donahue

When we had been married five years, we had six children. What, in God's name, was wrong with me?
Phil Donahue

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
Phil Donahue