Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

• But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
• Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.
• To err is human but to really foul up requires a computer.
• Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
• Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
• A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
• Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
• As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
• If I didn't have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle.
• But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.