A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Wishes
The American Dream is one of the greatest ideas in the history of human achievement … It thrives today in an age when its core components of freedom and opportunity are open to more Americans than ever before. It holds a real, identifiable place in the American heart and mind, and it informs the aspirations of everyone from farmers to software developers, from detectives to bankers, from soldiers to social workers … It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions.
—Dan Rather
Topics: America
Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Journalism, Balance
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Americans
I’ve tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I’ve never been a social user of any of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Confidence
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Journeys, Justice, Trials
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Courage
Performing doesn’t turn me on. It’s an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas—including this one.
—Dan Rather
Topics: Television
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth.”
—Dan Rather
Topics: Teaching, Teachers
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