245 Quotes by Dan Rather

There never has been a hurricane I didn't want to cover. You don't get to cover them all. ... a lot.

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

It still comes as something of a shock to say that word 'we' in the absence brought by Peter's passing.

It's that fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions,

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.

It's been one of television news' finest moments.

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.

We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.

David was such a good writer that he brought a sense to all of us who were coming up in his wake that ... good writing could really make a difference in how good your work was,