96 Quotes by Jim Lehrer

I believe, as I am sure you believe, that eventually everything is known. Eventually it will become to somebody's interest to tell. Secrets are like meat; they can be frozen or eaten but not kept.

Not everyone can be relaxed or comfortable enough to seriously listen to the (debate or interview) answers.

We're hoping to build on this in a large, large way.

One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role.

When I raise my right hand to you (just before the candidates arrive), ... that means, 'That's enough. Cool it. Let's go.'

I see a few familiar faces here in the crowd,

My thing is just to do my job the best way I know how and as I say I'm very fortunate to be able to do it the way I want to do it.

Whether you're 9 or 90, you can play this game.

We thought that once we had turned the town over to the local people, that they would be able to defend their own territory and take care of themselves,