Charles Kuralt Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.”

“Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.”

“I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.”

“My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.”

“I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.”

“Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.”

“TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.”

“I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.”

“I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.”

“We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.”