Top 78 Quotes & Sayings by Shannon Bream

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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Shannon Bream

Shannon Noelle Bream is an American journalist and attorney who appears on Fox News Channel. In 2017 she became the host of the program Fox News @ Night. A former Miss America 1991 and Miss USA 1995 contestant, Bream was also a correspondent for NEWS 12 Long Island in the 1990s.

I try to say to myself, this is the season that the Lord has you here. Don't hold too tightly to it because you don't know what other adventures or things are coming down the line and I just try to be open to what the Lord may have next.
In my mother's household, hit shows like 'The Love Boat' and 'Three's Company' were 'not appropriate for nice lit'tle girls.' So was the prospect of staying up past 8:00 P.M. - and don't even think about talking back.
I don't believe anything's a coincidence. — © Shannon Bream
I don't believe anything's a coincidence.
Working in local news makes you very self-sufficient, which is a good thing because you know how all the different jobs work. I've worked many of those jobs in the newsroom, from my first job answering the phones and working the prompter, to producing, to being a reporter who does all of those things.
I get calls, emails and get asked in the grocery store when I'm not looking that great... 'I love your hair. Where do you get it done?'
I grew up in Florida, started fishing with my dad going down to the Everglades and around the state, plus some offshore stuff for sails and wahoo - but I never really got the bug until my husband and I went float fishing on the Snake River at Jackson Hole for trout - I've been pretty much addicted ever since.
When you see that the head of human resources is sitting in the meeting you've been called into, it's not a good sign.
When you make the transition from local news to something like Fox, you feel incredibly blessed because now you have fantastic producers at every level who are helping you do the things you used to do by yourself.
Live television is just like competing on live TV. You're never going to be perfect. You just try to prepare the best that you can and execute the best that you can and try to be in the moment.
It was love at first sight being in the newsroom.
Doctors are wonderful people, but they don't know everything. We're all responsible for our own health, and shouldn't feel guilty if we ask questions or get second opinions.
I like to think that I could survive should the apocalypse or zombies show up.
I think sometimes when you see folks on TV, you are seeing the best part of their life, not the really tough part. — © Shannon Bream
I think sometimes when you see folks on TV, you are seeing the best part of their life, not the really tough part.
I have gone to White House dinners in a dress that I have bought at Loehmann's.
Sometimes people think there is only one track to get to whatever your particular dream job is.
I think among a lot of American families who see Walmart as one of their brands and it may be the best thing in town, they may not have any options whether they want to boycott or not.
I finished 1,100 books in six weeks.
Facts are facts.
My background is interesting in that I was a sexual harassment attorney before I ever got into news. I think I had a really broad understanding of exactly how the legal framework works, how HR works, all those kinds of things.
My eyes are never going to be perfect.
Around my 40th birthday, I started to have extraordinary pain in my eyes and it was only happening overnight and I couldn't figure out what the source was of this but it would literally shoot me out of bed in enormous pain, doubled over.
I never did pageants as a kid, but when I got into high school, I did a couple that were tied to a sort of all-around academic student achievement program, something akin to Junior Miss, but not Junior Miss.
Basically, I suffer from a genetic condition that causes my corneas to tear all the time. If it's happened to you even once, you know how agonizing it can be - for me, it was happening on a daily basis.
Walk away from medical professionals who dismiss your concerns, and don't quit searching until you find someone who will truly partner with you to find the answers you deserve.
Any book that you're writing about your life, there are tough chapters that you've gotten through, you've survived them, and kind of closed them up.
Instead of just surviving life and hoping to make it through one more day, I live my life with joy now, and I'm incredibly grateful.
The Lord creates us all in different ways and gives us all different passions and different paths.
I've been very open about this cornea disease that I have.
When I get out of bed in the morning, I literally say a prayer. The first thing I do is thank God that I got through the night.
The news now continues all night, whether it's politicians and the president using social media, or it might be a major news outlet dropping giant stories at 9, 10 o'clock at night.
I think our greatest moments of pain can be our greatest chance to grow in our faith and to share it and hopefully bring someone else back from the brink.
I want to feel like I can take care of myself.
I know Fox News is the target of criticism but we take it in stride. Our No. 1 goal is to be accurate.
From breaking down the latest headlines on 'FOX News @ Night' to explaining the complexities of the law, I have had the opportunity to report from the front lines of the major stories emanating out of Washington.
Routine is important to me and keeps me mentally and physically healthy.
I feel very privileged to do what I do.
Any show should be open to listening to constructive criticism.
I've always been active, and enjoy running and lifting weights. — © Shannon Bream
I've always been active, and enjoy running and lifting weights.
Getting involved in a newsroom and seeing how it operated and the urgency of live television really got my attention.
I have control of my recurrent corneal erosion, as opposed to it having control of me.
In Washington, there is a way to have disagreements and debates, which is so healthy, but a way to be friends at the end of the day, which I believe is the essence of America.
Going from local news to a network operation is learning a whole new ballgame. The way you go about it and the stories you cover are so different. I feel at Fox I have a lot more autonomy about doing my work.
I think, gosh, I'm just some kid from Tallahassee, Florida.
You have to know how to use your hair spray.
My mom taught me to respect myself, and to question anyone who would ask me to sacrifice my integrity.
People watch TV, and think your life perfect. I wanted to be honest and say, 'I've been through tough places and you can make it through too.'
It breaks my heart when I see young women swept up in today's celebrity culture that encourages them to give themselves away for the sake of a few likes on social media.
I was a bookish nerd. — © Shannon Bream
I was a bookish nerd.
I'm fascinated by current events and the privilege of trying to share it with other people and tell a story.
I have an ongoing fight with fast food.
Breaking news on live TV is a roller coaster.
I'm diligent about using eye drops and ointment before bed, which seems to minimize the frequency and severity of corneal abrasions. When I wake up now with an abrasion, I know I need to stay calm and effectively treat the pain. I can usually get back to sleep within a couple of hours.
For me, my faith is the most important thing in my life.
When you find yourself on a pageant stage, there are a lot of unpredictable moments, and I think a lot of that translates to doing the live, breaking-news reporting that I do now.
There's part of you that, when you show up for work, you kick into professional mode and try to do your absolute best.
Life will take you in all kinds of unexpected directions and it certainly did with me.
I grew up in a very strict household, where secular music was forbidden.
Double vision makes reading the prompter very tricky.
The surface cells on my eyes don't root back into my eyeball like a normal person's do. Instead, they want to pull off. At night, the surface of my eye was actually adhering to my eyelid. Once that happened, any movement would cause a tear and trigger nearly indescribable pain.
Miss America paid for my junior and senior years in college.
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