Top 45 Quotes by Charles Kuralt

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.

My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.