Hugh Downs Quotes

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

To say, my fate is not tied to your fate, is like saying your end of the boat is sinking.

Hatred is never anything but fear - if you feared no one, you would hate no one.

The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is priceless.

This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the really good ideas belong to the Libertarians.

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.

Life begins when you do.

I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.

How many times has the end of the world been predicted? The same number of times the prediction has proved false.

Television is the medium of the 20th century.

The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.

We are a one party country. Half of them call themselves Democrats and the other half call themselves Republicans. All the good ideas come from the Libertarians.