245 Quotes by Dan Rather

He left us far too soon ... with so much good work to do.

To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged. I'll trust you to make sure that doesn't happen.

Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged through the streets....What drives American civilians to risk death in Iraq? In this economy it may be, for some, the only job they can find.

My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee - the natural enemy of a tightrope walker.

It's the old shell game.

These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.

It's the American way: if you don't vote, you don't get to whine.

When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.

Turn the lights down, the party just got wilder.