Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to get him out of office.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.

Don't count out other amazing programming like Frontline. You will still find more hours of in-depth news programming, investigative journalism and analysis on PBS than on any other outlet.

Act right all the time, because someone's always watching.

In the media universe we're in, where there are people screaming on one end, there is no problem at all with having a little bit of extra politeness.

I'm not in love. I'm not out of love. I'm just trying to find some version of the truth.

I spent my career trying to speak to the broadest possible audience whether it's in print or whether it's in television.

Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

People are always surprised when they see me speak live that I have a sense of humor. And I say, Well, you know, there's not much opportunity to laugh when you're reporting the dread news of the day.

It's never too late to move to a good place to try to improve your child's outcomes in adulthood.

Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

The humans create life, and senselessly cause death. For nothing.

Time is a universal regressor, time will prove everything

What you practice too often, you use without thinking.

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

That's the worst of doctors. They are so keen about the body, but they don't study the soul at all.

The United States is the only country with a known birthday.

All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.