Quotes by Bob Schieffer

About Bob Schieffer:

Bob Lloyd Schieffer is an American television journalist who has been with CBS News since 1969, serving as anchor on the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News for 23 years, from 1973 to 1996, as well as chief Washington correspondent since 1982 and moderator of the Sunday public affairs show Face the Nation since 1991. From March 2005 to August 31, 2006, Schieffer was interim weekday anchor of the CBS Evening News and was subsequently one of the primary substitutes for Katie Couric and Scott Pelley.
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I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

Bob Schieffer

I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.

Bob Schieffer

The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday week...

Bob Schieffer

The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.

Bob Schieffer

And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.

Bob Schieffer

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.

Bob Schieffer

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

Bob Schieffer

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

Bob Schieffer

I've had a lot of fun, and when I talk to kids in journalism schools, I say, look, I know what the journalism teachers tell you that this is a great way to perform public service and all that, but I say the main reason, if you decide what you want to...

Bob Schieffer

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.

Bob Schieffer

If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.

Bob Schieffer

For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important.

Bob Schieffer

I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me.

Bob Schieffer

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.

Bob Schieffer

I had - all my life, everybody who knew me thought that I would probably grow up to be a reporter, a newspaper reporter because we didn't have much television in those days.

Bob Schieffer

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.

Bob Schieffer

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.

Bob Schieffer

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.

Bob Schieffer

It's getting the right person that's the challenge.

Bob Schieffer

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

Bob Schieffer

Author Bio

  • NameBob Schieffer
  • DescriptionJournalist, Anchor for CBS News
  • BornFebruary 25, 1937
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Journalist