Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

You are not a note in a symphony

To the turtle, the concept of "loneliness" is incomprehensible. She always has been alone, and any other social state is unthinkable.

What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion?

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

I would have made different choices. You know, I might have married somebody else.

Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.

…God, it’s over. Takumi, you gotta stop stealing other people’s problems and get some of your own.

Traditionally art is to create and not to revive. To revive: leave that to the historians, who are looking backward.

There is something attractive about the fact Trump understands the consequences of positions he takes ...he's not afraid to make mistakes, he's also not afraid to admit when he's wrong.

We have not been left alone. We have the light of Christ and the Holy Ghost to lead and guide us in an otherwise very dark and dreary world.