A biography for Don Lemonhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist.”
“You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.”
“I know that some things are beyond our control, some illnesses are beyond our control, we get sick, we don't know why. But let's pledge to do whatever we can to avoid those high medical bills.”
“Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else.”
“I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.”
“I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.”
“Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, 'Thank you.' And I will never stop. I don't know how he's still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don't know that I have.”
“I like all kinds of music. I hope you do, too.”
“Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me.”
“I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that.”
“I believe in diversity in front of and behind the camera.”
“Who needs a bullet piercing, armor piercing bullet to go hunting? Who needs an assault rifle to go hunting? You can't even use the prey that you kill with an assault rifle if you indeed do it.”
“Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.”
“My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me.”
“I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.”
“When people ask me why I'm amazed at what Barack Obama has accomplished, I tell them it's not because of what most of America and the world sees and knows of his history. It's because I witnessed what I can only describe as a bizarre turn of events that thrust him into position to even become a U.S. senator.”
“Whatever happens with my career, I'm going to prosper no matter what.”
“In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.”
“The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.”
“I don't watch the media that much.”