Walter Cronkite

"And that's the way it is."

"I can say that, as a working journalist, I think my role is to be an observer of mankind, not a judge of it."

"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."

"In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story."

"I have complete faith in the American people."

"The good earth is rich, and I am here."

"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway."

"I try to understand the individual differences in each person, and I seem to try to see the good in each individual."

"The mission of journalism is to serve as a bridge between people."

"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits."

"Once I stop being interested, I stop being useful."

"Success isn't really that difficult. There is so little competition."

"Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine."

"The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation."

"I wouldn't say I invented tempo, but I definitely think I have something to do with people's relationships with time."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?"

"Your life is shaped by the people you love."

"The anchorman is exactly what it says - he is the anchor to the ship of the program."

"It is, in a sense, a great teacher, this little portable computer."

"I am a news anchorman, which sounds like something that just happened to me, like being left-handed."

"I think good radio often comes out of companion.", "c": "friendship"

"And that's the way the ball bounces."

"If I've done anything in my life that's worthwhile, it has been to encourage the American people to be true to the democratic ideals on which the nation was founded."

"Beware of the power of knowledge."

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."

"To get the news right, you have to be willing to be challenged."

"Life is not so much about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself."

"The public trust is sacred."