Quotes by Bill Kurtis

About Bill Kurtis:

Bill Kurtis is an American television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor. He was also the host of a number of A&E crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files. Previously, he anchored CBS Morning News, and was the longtime anchor at WBBM-TV, the CBS-owned and -operated TV station in Chicago. Kurtis is currently the scorekeeper/announcer for NPR’s news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.

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I never wanted to retire. I wanted to kind of shift my work pattern so I could stay fresh and invigorated, and use the experience that I had gained in 30 years, but in a slightly different direction.

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I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.

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I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

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I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.

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You need a very good financial person to keep you honest, and to keep track of income and outgo.

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First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

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Think of it: television producers joining with newspapers to tell stories. It's journalism of the future. Advertising will follow the crowd - the 'crowd' being viewers and readers, of course, which could bring revenue back into journalism.

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Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. But the reason is, you're going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.

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There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that.

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My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.

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A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we'll tell everyone what happens fairly an...

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There's room for a diversity of ages on television.

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Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.

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We know Roger Ebert loved the 'Sun-Times' and his career as a newspaper columnist. But ironically, it was his illness and losing his voice that caused him to explore another venue.

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The most frightening interview I've ever done was with Dr. Lonnie Thompson of The Ohio State University on the subject of global warming.

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I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.

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The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it's predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer.

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'Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.

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With news, especially investigative pieces, you've got to be really smart and really lucky to be timely and to not get beaten by the big guys. You can't go head-to-head with the networks.

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Author Bio

  • NameBill Kurtis
  • DescriptionTelevision producer
  • BornSeptember 21, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Producer; Television Presenter; Author; Journalist