Dan Rather

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

I don't want to get into autobiographies; I don't want to talk about myself.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.