Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

The first rough draft of history.

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

You never monkey with the truth.

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.

It’s in how you carry yourself. I’ve always been a very mature person, and I’ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what.

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.

I love Country Music but what happened to it?

Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.

I tried to tell them that things would be okay, but I didn't believe it.

It gets darker and darker and darker, and then Jesus is born.

Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?