- "What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage. I know what you're thinking. I've gotten in trouble before for using the word. Probably deserved it. Maybe I used it inappropriately. Maybe I'm a poor person to talk about it because I have little myself. But I want to hear the word. I want to hear it praised, and the men and women who have courage elevated." - Speaking at the forty-eighth annual conference of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, September 29, 1993.
- Apologizing for CBS News failing to verify questionable documents about President George W. Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard: "We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism. - September 20, 2004
- Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
- It is a somewhat surreal experience to see yourself being played by Robert Redford. He made me look better on screen than I ever thought I looked.
- [on President Trump's tweets] They are humiliating for all of us who are Americans.
- President Trump stripping John Brennan of his security clearance is a modern form of McCarthyism, pure and simple. But instead of a Red Scare, it's a fear of Truth and Accountability.
- Hollywood doesn't make legends like Kirk Douglas anymore. Born into a Jewish immigrant family, his star rose in the golden age of film, when marquee lights were bright and movie houses palaces. My thoughts are with his family. May his memory be a blessing to them, and all of us. (6 February 2020)
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