A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
--Dan Rather
Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
--Dan Rather
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
--Dan Rather
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
--Dan Rather
And now the sequence of events in no particular order.
--Dan Rather
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
--Dan Rather
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
--Dan Rather
I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.
--Dan Rather
I wouldn't touch that with an eleven-foot pole, which is the pole I reserve for things I won't touch with a ten-foot pole.
--Dan Rather
If a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun.
--Dan Rather
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
--Dan Rather
If Thomas Edison invented the electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS news as 'candle making industry threatened.'
--Newt Gingrich
In dealing with the press, do yourself a favor, stick with one of three responses: (a) I know and I can tell you; (b) I know and I can't tell you; (c) I don't know.
--Dan Rather
Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
--Dan Rather
The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.
--Dan Rather
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
--Dan Rather
When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.
--Dan Rather
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