My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

A society without humour is like a tree without roots.

Watching you stand alone, all of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.

A marriage is about how clever you deal with it, not about pushing it away when hurricanes come crashing down. You've to be strong and find a way to not let the world tear your marriage apart.

Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

Everyday people don't understand what he did for everybody and anybody who wore a Twins jersey.

Animals in different countries have different expressions just as the people in different countries differ in expression.

If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this room.

Philosophy is the only excuse God has for his cruelty and vanity.

Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness.