Bill Kurtis Quotes

I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.

You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.

If you're a producer, you always spend too much money because you want that shot - and you're willing to spend a bundle to get it.

I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.

I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.

Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading.

I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.

There's room for a diversity of ages on television.

I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.

Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.