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I guess the worst snow was the Kennedy inauguration in 1960. Heavy snow.

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, 'Putt for one hundred dollars'.

People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press.

A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

He had this great curiosity. If there was a car wreck and Walter saw it, it would be like the first car wreck he ever saw in his life.

It's getting the right person that's the challenge.

Go vote now it will make you feel big and strong

Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he is awake.

Talk about threats to national security
how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me.

If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.

I used to be a print reporter.

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.

With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

I want to try to talk like normal people talk, not just stand there and bark at the camera.

Good policy always trumps bad public relations. And the best PR can't trump bad policy.