Cronkite Quotes

You think that you're too cool for school, but I have a newsflash for you Walter Cronkite... you aren't. -Derek Zoolander. - Zoolander

Yes, I was very much concerned. - Walter Cronkite

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides. - Walter Cronkite

When Moses was alive, these pyramids were a thousand years old Here began the history of architecture. Here people learned to measure time by a calendar, to plot the stars by astronomy and chart the earth by geometry. And here they developed that most awesome of all ideas - the idea of eternity. - Walter Cronkite

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation. - Walter Cronkite

We're seeing the end of an era many of us grew up with and the beginning of a new era where people get their news from many different sources. The days of the uber-analyst like Walter Cronkite and Peter Jennings... are gone. - Tim Brooks

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders. - Walter Cronkite

We are keeping company, as the old phrase used to be. I'm not making any moves immediately. I don't think it's proper. My wife has only been gone less than a year. I'll wait until that year has passed, at least. - Walter Cronkite

We [Dan Rather and I] just aren't especially chummy. - Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite is still Walter Cronkite, and when he tells you a story, you just are going to listen. I wanted to make sure his voice is heard, since he was there. I just think he's got a powerful story to tell. - Wolf Blitzer