Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer
Bob Lloyd Schiefferis an American television journalist. Schieffer married Patricia Penrose Schieffer in 1967. They have two daughters and three granddaughters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth25 February 1937
CityAustin, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Bob Schieffer quotes about
sports football jobs
A police reporter walks into the worst moment in someone's life on every single story that he covers. It's not like being a sports reporter. That's a great job and all that and takes certain skills. But, you know, they're glad to see you when you show up to cover the football game. Nobody is ever glad to see a police reporter when he shows up.
husband father practice
And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.
challenges literature persons
It's getting the right person that's the challenge.
government way complicated
Talk about threats to national security -- how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
writing years two
And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
newspapers accounts persons
Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
sleep president doe
Whether or not the President is sleeping well won't be a factor in his re-election. That will depend on what he does while he is awake.
war iraq half
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.
jobs thinking journalism
I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.
hurt thinking people
Well, you know, in any political campaign, you're gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it'll hurt the guy on the other side.
sports people way
American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.
independent white house
At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.
thinking impact community
I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.
katie
I'm a big Katie fan, I've always been a big Katie fan.