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
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?
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.
mistake self-confidence way
I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.
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.
fun people mind
One thing young people have to always keep in mind when deciding what they want to do with their lives is, is it fun? Is it something that I'm interested in? Is it something I enjoy?
strong vote bigs
Go vote now it will make you feel big and strong
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.
motivation dollars said
When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, 'Putt for one hundred dollars'.
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.
competition stories guests
There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be.
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.