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

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.

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

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.

As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice.

I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.

There are 7 billion people in the world, and 5.1 billion of them have a cell phone, and 4 billion have a toothbrush.

…she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same — you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again.

I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.

Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.

It's so much baby and so much amniotic fluid, it's crazy. If we have a 10 pounder, pray for me!

The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.