Anchor Quotes

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.

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.

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

Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.

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 have never in my life walked with a harness. The weight of the tether, makes it feel like I'm dragging an anchor behind me.

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 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.

On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as the Speaker of the House. None had been an astronaut or the solo anchor of a network evening news broadcast. Not one had been president of an Ivy League college or run a serious campaign for president.

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

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.

The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.

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.

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.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

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.

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.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

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.

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

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

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

'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.

Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing.

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

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.