Dan Rather Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.”

“I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.”

“Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.”

“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.”

“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.”

“This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.”