Peter Jennings Quotes
"Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Debate)
"I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Right)
"I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Advice)
"I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Religion, Christianity, Execution, Years)
"I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Faith, Religion, People, Spirituality, Value)
"Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Humor, Life, Sense, Will)
"I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: God)
"I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: People)
"I think I am very mainstream - I'm committed to good works in my life."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Life)
"I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Power, Wisdom)
"Whatever you may think of Mrs. Clinton as a character, I think she believes quite strongly in public service."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Character, May, Public, Service)
"We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Power, Washington, World)
"There's no such thing as an independent person."
- Peter Jennings
"The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Life, Father)
"The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Day, Labor)
"Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: People)
"Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: War, First, Vietnam)
"Scholars will argue with each other about everything."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Will)
"I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Islam, Defense, World)
"If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: May, News, Wrong)
"I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Television)
"I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: People)
"I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: America)
"I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar."
- Peter Jennings
"I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective."
- Peter Jennings
"I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Beginning)
"I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Questions)
"I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Religion, People)
"Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Faith, Religion, Interest, Sense, Spirituality)
"It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Connection, Politicians)
"George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Vietnam)
"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Man, Nation)
"Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Truth, Earth)
"As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Limits, Nothing)
"Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Life, Detail, First)
"A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics."
- Peter Jennings
(Related: Politics, Time, American)