23 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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