Quotes by Dan Rather

• This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
• Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
• Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
• Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
• Only votes talk, everything else walks.
• Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.
• They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.
• Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
• Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
• To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
• What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
• If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
• The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth".
• Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
• I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
• And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
• A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
• An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
• Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
• Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
• Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
• Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
• For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
• I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
• I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.