ABC wouldn't be a player in the news major leagues until the 1970s, when Roone Arledge brought to ABC News the energy and programming approach he had applied to ABC Sports.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

Meeting one’s heroes is always such a disappointment.

I didn’t think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse.” “But you’re so calm, ” she observed.“That’s usually when you can tell everything has gone to shit.

I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.

My parents let me find my way and that's how they supported me the entire way.

Vices of the time; vices of the man.

As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog.

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

I don't enjoy doing nothing or sitting in my trailer watching ESPN.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.