The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

She took a leap of faith and grew her wings on the way down.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

Washington is a pool of money surrounded by people who want some.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.

The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.

This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.

Writing is beautiful, like putting on a gold suit and going to sleep in it.

If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you can't learn any other way.--Mark Twain

I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired.

Those playful fancies of the mighty sky.

If I turn up suicided in the morning, it was murder.

Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.

Canadians, do not vomit on me!

Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence.

Men play at tragedy because they do not believe in the reality of the tragedy which is actually being staged in the civilised world

In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in.