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Bob Schieffer Quotes
American - Journalist Born: February 25, 1937

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
Bob Schieffer

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.
Bob Schieffer

It's getting the right person that's the challenge.
Bob Schieffer

Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.
Bob Schieffer

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.
Bob Schieffer

With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.
Bob Schieffer

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.
Bob Schieffer

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.
Bob Schieffer

But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.
Bob Schieffer

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
Bob Schieffer

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.
Bob Schieffer

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.
Bob Schieffer

But with 9/11, we found that people tended to come back to the networks and the people who had been our core viewers in the past came back and they have stayed with us.
Bob Schieffer

We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.
Bob Schieffer

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.
Bob Schieffer

In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves.
Bob Schieffer

At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.
Bob Schieffer

We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.
Bob Schieffer

For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important.
Bob Schieffer

One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
Bob Schieffer

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
Bob Schieffer

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
Bob Schieffer

I used to be a print reporter.
Bob Schieffer

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.
Bob Schieffer

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
Bob Schieffer

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
Bob Schieffer