Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

31 quotes

American political commentator Glenn Beck (b. 1964) remains a towering presence in the world of memorable quotations. Whether reflecting on Government or Alone, Glenn Beck brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 40 quotes by Glenn Beck that cover ground from Government, Alone, Truth, Success, and Politics. Consider this gem from Glenn Beck: "A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it."

“I was in Washington, D.C., on the morning show, by the time I was 18, programming a station by 19, No. 1 in the mornings. I think I was making, I don't know, a quarter of a million dollars by the time I was 25.”

— Glenn Beck

Morning

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“Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to justice - that is the essence. And if it's not the essence, then we've been sold a pack of lies. The essence is everyone deserves a shot - the content of character, not the color of skin.”

— Glenn Beck

Faith

“Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.”

— Glenn Beck

Teacher

“The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.”

— Glenn Beck

Alone

“We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was.”

— Glenn Beck

Government

“Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it.”

— Glenn Beck

Failure

“I'm a dad, and I no longer see a way for my kids to even inherit the money that I'm making, let alone go out there, have an idea, and create it in their own lifetime.”

— Glenn Beck

Alone

“Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.”

— Glenn Beck

Romantic

“We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government.”

— Glenn Beck

Government

“Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God.”

— Glenn Beck

God

“Let me tell you, it is still morning in America. It just happens to be kind of a head pounding, hung over for four hours in America - and it's shaping up to be a nasty day, but its still morning in America.”

— Glenn Beck

Morning

“I have found there are four steps to change. 1. You must want it. 2. You must believe it. 3. You must live it. 4. You will become it.”

— Glenn Beck

Change

“When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?”

— Glenn Beck

Business

“A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.”

— Glenn Beck

Alone

“I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring.”

— Glenn Beck

Dad

“By the time I was 30, nobody would work with me. I was friendless, I was hopeless, I was suicidal, lost my family - I mean, it was bad. Bottomed out, didn't know what I was going to do. I actually thought I was going to be a chef - go to work in a kitchen someplace.”

— Glenn Beck

Family

“People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.”

— Glenn Beck

Government

“And I've come to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these problems, these issues - there's nothing that we can do that will solve the problems that we have and keep the peace, unless we solve it through God, unless we solve it in being our highest self. And that's a pretty tall order.”

— Glenn Beck

God

“Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are.”

— Glenn Beck

Government

“We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.”

— Glenn Beck

Freedom

“Music is the language of the heart, and conservatives always screw it up.”

— Glenn Beck

Music