Best Quotes Of The Day

Dan Rather

Daniel Rather is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He was most recently managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel AXS TV.

Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005.

He also contributed to CBS’s 60 Minutes. Rather became embroiled in controversy about a disputed news report involving President George W. Bush’s Vietnam-era service in the National Guard and subsequently left CBS Evening News in 2005, and he left the network entirely after 44 years in 2006.

Date of birth:: 31st October, 1931

"If I didn’t have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle."

Topic(s): History

"I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II."

Topic(s): War

"Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes."

Topic(s): Sports

"Performing doesn’t turn me on. It’s an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one."

Topic(s): Business

"But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won’t. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place."

Topic(s): History

"Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls."

Topic(s): Government

"I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources."

Topic(s): Politics

"Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow."

Topic(s): Courage

"I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today’s environment. And I know full well that when I’ve been covering campaigns, which I still do, I’ve made my mistakes and have been far from perfect."

Topic(s): Respect

"To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer."

Topic(s): Computers

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