Best 44 quotes of Peter Jennings on MyQuotes

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits

Canada join the United States? Where would young Canadians run off to for adventure? Where would Americans run to escape?

Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

Do you think in many ways, sir, you're the victim of circumstance now?

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

I believe there are unidentified flying objects, I'm just not sure who's driving.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.

I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.

I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.

Illegal immigrants have been a problem in America for hundreds of years...Just ask any Indian.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life.

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

I think there is a mainstream media. CNN is mainstream media, and the main, ABC, CBS, NBC are mainstream media. And I think it's just essentially to make the point that we are largely in the center without particular axes to grind, without ideologies which are represented in our daily coverage, at least certainly not on purpose.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.

I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.

[President Bush should] quit hiding behind the Secret Service, come out and face the nation and explain his failure to protect the country.

Reach out, call your family members, if you have children, call them right now.

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.

There's a whole industry of conservatives saying, 'Ah, it's those damn liberals,' and a whole group of liberals saying, 'It's all those damn conservatives.'.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

The risk of sudden death is miniscule, overstating this risk is not going to stop them from taking the drug.

We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.