A biography for Don Lemonhasn’t been written yet.
“If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.”
“People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the time! 'And after a moment, I would go, 'I am Don Lemon!'”
“When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.”
“More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.”
“I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school.”
“African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.”
“More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that.”
“I think secrets are something that you keep or are afraid to share because you think they're going to harm you in some way. So if you don't have any secrets, then there's no way anyone can harm you.”
“It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented.”
“I abhor hypocrisy.”
“Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.”
“You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they all look alike to me.”
“I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can?”
“I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard.”
“There's a degree of deception in silence.”
“We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner.”
“In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'”
“Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.”
“I love old school rock and roll.”
“I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'”