Words matter. These are the best Dan Rather Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it’s very hard to turn it, even slightly.
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.
And for whatever reason I’ve loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn’t mean it didn’t hurt.
The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.
If I didn’t have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
Don’t taunt the alligator until after you’ve crossed the creek.
A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
Performing doesn’t turn me on. It’s an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one.
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
A free and truly independent press – fiercely independent when necessary – is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
Performing doesn’t turn me on. It’s an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one.
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree.
From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.
Well, first of all, I don’t want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.
I’ve always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
Ratings don’t last. Good journalism does.
I don’t pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
I’m a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is – some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
Only votes talk, everything else walks.
I don’t back down. I don’t cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
If I didn’t have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
I don’t pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
I’m a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is – some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
I’d much rather wear out than rust out.
Those market researchers… are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother’s big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
As someone who’s been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
Don’t taunt the alligator until after you’ve crossed the creek.
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree.
Only votes talk, everything else walks.
From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.
Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she’s seen tougher.
Ratings don’t last. Good journalism does.
They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that’s like if a frog had side pockets he’d probably wear a handgun.
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
I’ve always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
Those market researchers… are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother’s big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
What I say or do here won’t matter much, nor should it.
Well, first of all, I don’t want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.
One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
