257 Quotes by Walter Cronkite

I had as much time to prepare for that moon landing as NASA did, and I still was speechless when it happened. It just was so awe-inspiring to actually be able to see the thing through the television that was a miracle in itself.

You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.

Advertising's always been a considerable pressure on publishers.

I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.

Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.

I'm one of the best condensers in the business.

Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it.

I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.