You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.
Ted KoppelAspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail ยญ as you surely will adjust your lives, not the standards.
Ted KoppelMy function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
Ted KoppelThe responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do.
Ted Koppel