227 Quotes by Anderson Cooper

That’s the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

Politics was his passion, but he wasn't suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.

The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it's easy to fall off.

Money gives you independence; but when you start chasing it, it is never enough.

In a perfect world, I don't think it [one's sexual orientation] is anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted.

Filipino people, the people of Tacloban, and Samar, and Cebu, and all these places where so many have died, they are strong not just to have survived this storm, but they are strong to have survived the aftermath of this storm. They have survived for a week now, often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention. Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in a shack, to be living, sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children?

The rainbow comes and goes. Enjoy it while it lasts. Don't be surprised by its departure, and rejoice when it returns.