Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling them about Beirut is a long way from Edward R. Murrow.

if you don't want to get old, don't mellow.

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.

There are two types of change: the change we choose and the change that chooses us.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

I've heard it said that the first law of journalism is to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.