Anchor Quotes

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

Some people may have noticed the new computer shelf at the anchor desk. Rather than phone calls, we want to take real time e-mails, and we'll be starting that very soon.

Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.

If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.

CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'

I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.'

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.

My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.

It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.

I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it.

To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.