Mike Wallace Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I'm nearing the end of the road and still learning.”

“Jack Kennedy was one year older than I was, and we attended the same neighborhood school.”

“To go around the world, to talk to almost anybody you want to talk to, to have enough time on the air, so that you could really tell a full story. What a voyage of discovery it was.”

“I had my hearing aid fixed today so that I could properly hear you. I can't see as well. I now have - this has stopped me from smoking - a pacemaker, have for about the last 15 years. No, I don't like getting old.”

“In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.”

“But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.”

“Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.”

“I even asked Eleanor Roosevelt difficult questions and she loved it.”

“Can you imagine the most trusted man in America? Cronkite deserved it too.”

“I cared enough to read and look at and worry about the questions.”