I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.

I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'

All I'm armed with is research.

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

A smile and a laugh are the duct tape of life; they can fix anything.

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.

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago.

The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in the world.

I am persuaded that luck and timing have in my case been very important.

How magical can a person be when she is blessed with infinite kindness?

Keep your heart pure.

I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often defies my own attempts to decipher it.

Republicans have not won the state of Pennsylvania and look what you have. You're companies are all gone. Your jobs are all gone. You haven't won the state of Pennsylvania in 28 years.

Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people.

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

I am fond of children - except boys.

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them.

I really feel the need to create an alternate world, a vision of what might be magical and beautiful and fantastic about being human.