The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.

I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.

I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service.

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

There's no such thing as an independent person.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.

Always have a sense of humor about life - you'll need it - but always be courteous to boot.

When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.

Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work.