Dan Rather Quotes

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at ...

If frogs had side pockets, they'd carry hand guns.

I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I've never ...

I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The...

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart ...

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

Journalism is not a precise science, it's a crude art

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive ...

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lon...

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a littl...

I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to loo...

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read...

What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we...

The dream begins, most of the time,with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads...

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next p...