The Mary Tyler Moore Show

"Friendship is earned, not given, and rarely without cost."

"I've seen this town change, and most of it wasn't for the better."

"Words matter—choose them like they're the last you'll ever say."

"You don't build a career on luck—you build it on hard work."

"A crisis shows you who people really are."

"Patience is a virtue I never had time for."

"You need two things to succeed: talent and the will to use it."

"The truth will set you free, or it'll get you fired."

"Ambition is fine, but not at the cost of your soul."

"I've made my mistakes, and I'll make more, but not the same ones."

"That's the breaks—you don't get to replay life."

"A newspaper without opinion is just paper and ink."

"You're only as good as your last story."

"Change is inevitable, so you might as well embrace it."

"People respect strength—physical, mental, or moral."

"The best story is the one nobody else has."

"Never hire someone smarter than you—hire someone as smart."

"You'll know if you've done good work by how you sleep at night."

"Leadership is about making hard decisions and living with them."

"Your personal life stays personal, or it becomes news."

"In this newsroom, we tell the truth or we don't tell anything."

"You can't buy character, and you can't fake it either."

"A handshake used to mean something."

"The young think they know everything; the old know they don't."

"Happiness is a job well done, nothing more."

"You've either got it or you don't—and I can spot it."

"Work hard, work honest, and let the chips fall where they may."

"Life doesn't give you a second chance—usually."

"That's a good question—ask me tomorrow when I have an answer."

"You can't control the news, only how you cover it."