Katie Couric quotes

Katie Couric is an American journalist, television host, and author known for her work on major news programs. Her career includes anchoring roles at NBC's "Today," CBS Evening News, and ABC News. She has become a prominent figure in American media, breaking barriers for women in broadcast journalism. Here are 32 of her quotes:

You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.

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I feel like a human pinata. The disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out.

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The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face.

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I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.

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Sometimes I think change is a good thing.

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I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can't necessarily win all the time.

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A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.

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The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades, bumps, and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested.

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The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying ‘we' when referring to the United States and, even the ‘shock and awe' of the initial stages, it was just too jubilant and just a little uncomfortable. And I remember feeling, when I was anchoring the ‘Today' show, this inevitable march towards war and kind of feeling like, ‘Will anybody put the brakes on this?' And is this really being properly challenged by the right people? And I think, at the time, anyone who questioned the administration was considered unpatriotic and it was a very difficult position to be in.

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And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even.

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I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!

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And I've always - the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you're too busy worrying about the competition, you don't focus enough on what you're doing.

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They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece.

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You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.

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He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn't he? A bit of a fighter?

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Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.

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Now, if they're there to talk about something specifically, and I determine through my own editorial judgment, that another area isn't germane, or isn't an important part of it, that's something else. But we never agree to anything in advance, absolutely not.

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I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

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That studies have shown that more people are getting up earlier, they're getting their news earlier. They're getting less sleep, getting up at earlier hours.

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But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.

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He would take the blow so you didn't have to.

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I know there's a great deal of speculation, and while I appreciate the interest, kind of, my contract ends in May and I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I'm fortunate to have a couple of opportunities to think long and hard about.

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