Dan Rather Quotes

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
Dan Rather

Hurt, Mean, Criticism

I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
Dan Rather

Pretend, Digital, Apprentice

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
Dan Rather

War, America, Harbor

I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've been covering campaigns, which I still do, I've made my mistakes and have been far from perfect.
Dan Rather

Respect, Today, Mistakes

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
Dan Rather

Love, Politics, Important

I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
Dan Rather

Great, Important, Public

I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
Dan Rather

Work, Live, Blessed

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
Dan Rather

Group, Fair, Tried

If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
Dan Rather

History, Seat, Aisle

Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
Dan Rather

Government, Opinion, Public

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
Dan Rather

Before, Eat, Air

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
Dan Rather

Truth, Sports, Baseball

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
Dan Rather

Moving, Hard, Once

One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
Dan Rather

Important, Roles

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.
Dan Rather

Business, Turn, Performing

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
Dan Rather

Good, Last, Journalism

Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree.
Dan Rather

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
Dan Rather

Great, Mother, Strong

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.
Dan Rather

Time, Good, Dangerous

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
Dan Rather

Doubt, Getting, Started

They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.
Dan Rather

May, Again, Whether

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.
Dan Rather

Best, Art, Science

Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.
Dan Rather

Someone, Law, American

What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
Dan Rather

Here, Matter, Won

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Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: October 31, 1931

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