All I'm armed with is research.

I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.

I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.

A smile and a laugh are the duct tape of life; they can fix anything.

Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago.

The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in the world.

I am persuaded that luck and timing have in my case been very important.

Stories do not change the world. I’ve learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way.... I mean it’s not the world I want to change.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

What we do not understand, we cannot control.

You can do two things at once, but you can't focus effectively on two things at once.

In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else.

Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that someday, they can grow up and be president of the United States.

Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

I feel in poetry there aren't that many rules that you need to absolutely live by depending on your style of poetry.

Service brings merit, merit allows you to go deeper in meditation, meditation brings back your smile.