60+ Geraldo Rivera Quotes (Investigative, Entertaining And Controversial)

Geraldo Rivera is an American journalist and television personality. He is best known for hosting the talk show Geraldo from 1987 to 1998. He is also known for his investigative journalism and advocacy on behalf of the Latino community.

Top 10 Geraldo Rivera Quotes

1. Give Hamas 90 days to pick a lane, then react.
2. Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years.
3. I think of myself as Special Forces, clearing the path for the infantry.
4. I must be doing something right. I've been around for a long time.
5. Am I the only one who thinks Nancy Grace's relentless cheer leading for Jodi Arias' death gross & excessive? The anchor as executioner?!
6. I've made a connection with the television audience by being a proud Latino man. I am passionate for what I do, courageous in the face of peril, honest and straightforward.
7. I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was.
8. I love cops. I think you have to walk in their shoes to understand, you know when they use violence, Michael Brown in Ferguson, a classic case.
9. I'd like to give divorce a good name.
10. To see those babies with no food for three of four days, old people sitting in the hot sun, when you see these poor people, you cannot help but being compassionate or affected.

Geraldo Rivera Short Quotes

• Never take a job where winter winds can blow up your pants
• The killer bees have gone, like rats deserting the Titanic.
• Extol Jewish virtue, modern Zionism and the Israeli Defense Forces.
• The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters.
• There is no doubt in my view that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee.
• I would argue [Donald]Trump is the [Barack] Obama of this election cycle.
• If I've done anything, I've brought passion to television.
• It's good (Michelle Malkin's) in D.C. and I'm in New York. I'd spit on her if I saw her.
• I am enduring. You can disagree with me.
• Reject racial or religious hate. Embrace moderate Islam.

Geraldo Rivera Famous Quotes And Sayings

He [Donald Trump] is a tough boss. I've known him for decades. He hasn't changed very much. He's a driven person, highly intelligent, and he's very motivated, very charismatic, and he is tough as nails in the sense there's no slack there. You can't put anything over on Donald. Donald can see right through someone trying to dissemble or spin stuff. — Geraldo Rivera

I'd work to make it hip again to spend time in our fabled and fabulous land. But with a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother, I would probably be better suited as mayor of New York. — Geraldo Rivera

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared. — Geraldo Rivera

Colorado is a swing state, like Nevada, like North Carolina, like Florida. It all depends. [Donald] Trump has offended Mexicans and Muslims and millennials and some women. Will those offended people be energized to show up in the way that Trump supporters are energized to show up? It will be an energy. — Geraldo Rivera

I did an expose of an institution for the population with developmental disabilities, and the institutions were closed as a result of the expose. Now the developmentally disabled are cared for in small community-based residences, and I've been working very hard over the decades to open as many of them as I can. — Geraldo Rivera

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular. — Geraldo Rivera

I like Chris Christie also. I like him a lot as a person. He didn't do anything to help me when I thinking of running for senate in New Jersey. But I give him a little slack. — Geraldo Rivera

This is the year of Katrina and Iraq. How the war ends is more important than how it began. However you feel about the war, you have to be compassionate and loving towards our troops. — Geraldo Rivera

This is a sleaze bag murdering dog and he [O.J. Simpson] has played us for fools. And the worst thing he did was exacerbate the racial divide in this country. He divided black and white America. — Geraldo Rivera

I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. — Geraldo Rivera

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me. — Geraldo Rivera

Every time you see someone sticking up a 7-Eleven, the kid's wearing a hoodie. Every time you see a mugging on a surveillance camera or they get the old lady in the alcove, it's a kid wearing a hoodie. You have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a gangsta - you're going to be a gangsta wannabe? Well, people are going to perceive you as a menace. — Geraldo Rivera

Perhaps areas of Israel where current large Palestinian populations and demographic realities exist could be exchanged for Israeli expansion into the West Bank to include most of East Jerusalem. — Geraldo Rivera

Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. — Geraldo Rivera

I'm tired of getting made fun of. The reason I took on The New York Times as ferociously as I did is that I'm tired of being the little icon that people stick pins in, the whipping boy for everything that's gone wrong in this business. Whatever my excess, I think that I've been trumped in many areas by others. — Geraldo Rivera

One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply? — Geraldo Rivera

McKinney, Texas is the number one place to live in the country. It's certainly the number place to live in Texas according to Forbes and all these other. Wonderfully integrated, it's upscale. — Geraldo Rivera

I'm in my 10th generation of TV critic now. — Geraldo Rivera

Saturday Night Live is hitting me on a regular basis again. This is my fourth decade that I've been lampooned on Saturday Night Live. — Geraldo Rivera

It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics. — Geraldo Rivera

There are plenty of towns in America where the 4-year-old has shot his 2-year-old sister by using daddy's gun. — Geraldo Rivera

I'm old, but I'm still cute and strong. And very butch. — Geraldo Rivera

Latinos are just like everybody else. There are conservatives. There are moderates. There are liberals. — Geraldo Rivera

I think that the, Ted Cruz is not even a natural-born citizen, argument will resonate for at least the next few weeks. — Geraldo Rivera

A range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans. In fact, first generation immigrants are predisposed to lower crime rates than native-born Americans. The two cities in this country most impacted by undocumented immigrants, you would think of the New York City with over 500,000 and Los Angeles, with a similar amount. Both those cities are among the safest in the free world. — Geraldo Rivera

With years of experience doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom of each story, I am looking forward to covering the stories in the human dimension and impart the passion and visceral reactions the audience seeks. — Geraldo Rivera

Jackson and I spent the day together, just me and him and his children. Little underlings came and went. The PR person came and went. It was just Michael and me and the kids. And it was very interesting. — Geraldo Rivera

If you think is was an accident, applaud. — Geraldo Rivera

The Jewish people, for their tiny numbers, have done superbly. They don't need me. They have Einstein. They have everybody - Maury Povich. — Geraldo Rivera

Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met in my life. She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people. It's good she's in D.C. and I'm in New York. I'd spit on her if I saw her. — Geraldo Rivera

I like the fact that it [social media] is unfiltered. In other words it's not Geraldo of Fox News or Geraldo of WABC Radio, it's Geraldo. And you know it's raw, unedited, what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling, or, you know, some mistakes I'm making in real time. And I see that as a way to go out kicking and screaming. People will be hearing from me 'til the bitter end now. — Geraldo Rivera

I've never quite been a peer of Donald [Trump]. When I knew him it was more in a social way. We were single at kind of the same time. You know having fun in that sense, but I've watched his career with great admiration, and now to really see him as an employee sees him as an aspirant within the corporate structure of the Trump enterprises is really fascinating. — Geraldo Rivera

When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness. — Geraldo Rivera

Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white. — Geraldo Rivera

That is entirely fitting I'm sure, but I personally can't get over the memory of 2005. When Michael Jackson stood essentially alone and accused and convicted in the minds of many of the most perverse crime. — Geraldo Rivera

The real Michael Jackson that has not been seen... with children, one in diapers, the other two toddlers. — Geraldo Rivera

There's no way New Orleans will ever be the city it was. I think it will have half the population. They may create a sort of Disneyland at the French Quarter for tourists. The rest I don't know. — Geraldo Rivera

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down. — Geraldo Rivera

I think the Jews need me right now. — Geraldo Rivera

Being a president is being a CEO, essentially. — Geraldo Rivera

Life Lessons by Geraldo Rivera

1. Geraldo Rivera has taught us that it is important to be fearless in the pursuit of the truth, no matter how difficult the challenge.
2. He has also shown us that it is possible to make a difference in the world by using your voice to speak up for those who have been wronged.
3. Lastly, Geraldo Rivera has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can result in success and make a lasting impact on society.