Peter Jennings Quotes (55 Quotes)

I'm deeply offended by how little Americans know about their country.

His last posting came on July 29, Jennings' birthday. Many thanks to all of you for your birthday wishes, ... Your words -- as always -- are a great source of strength. I am celebrating today with my family -- we are all grateful.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

In her Aug. 12 letter, Anchor Jennings an inspiration, ... glamour, professionalism, dependability, fair play and excellence ... To me, he was the consummate news professional

There's no such thing as an independent person.

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

Almost 10 million Americans are living with cancer. I am sure I will learn from them how to cope with the facts of life that none of us anticipated,

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

a man of conscience and integrity.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

He rearranged the show, while we were on air, he rearranged our travel plans while in the air, he even tried to arrange our personal lives, ... What Would Peter Do

I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

I think audiences, in times of trouble and good times, look for people on television who are basic, don't have airs, don't hype themselves.

The worse things got around me the cooler I tend to be, ... I tend to focus very hard under pressure.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

It's sort of, how do you measure it Do you measure the fact that I'm 20 years older No. I think I measure it by the events. You know, I came just as the Cold War was coming to an end.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

Using Iraqi government figures, which we cannot verify - they may be high or they may be low, we do not know - almost 700 civilians have been killed in the country since the U.S. invaded.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

No. I write down thoughts as they occur to me. You never know when you're going to need a good idea.

We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.

I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

I have a lot to learn from them, and 'living' is the key word.

I was not running away from anything when I left Canada. ... I didn't come to America for economic opportunity, although I have certainly enjoyed it. But every fourth Thursday of November, I have given thanks ... because America has been virtually everything I hoped it would be.

I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

Seems like yesterday seems like forever -- all at the same time.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.

I can't imagine that we would do anything radical about our coverage in the immediate future. The story has a whole new dimension with this measure of sovereignty, which is going to make this a really interesting story between now and the election.

There are a lot of people in this business who believe that part of our job is to reassure the public every night, ... I subscribe to leaving people with essentially a rough draft of history. Some days it is reassuring, some days it is absolutely destructive.

I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.