Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
Bob Lloyd Schiefferis an American television journalist. Schieffer married Patricia Penrose Schieffer in 1967. They have two daughters and three granddaughters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth25 February 1937
CityAustin, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he is awake.
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The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
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I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
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Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.
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Good policy always trumps bad public relations. And the best PR can't trump bad policy.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.
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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
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I guess the worst snow was the Kennedy inauguration in 1960. Heavy snow.
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At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.
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I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
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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.
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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 do is be a reporter, the main reason you want to do it is because it's just so much fun.
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We're far from perfect. It's a human enterprise.