Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw
Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author, best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generationand other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He now serves as a Special Correspondent for NBC News and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth6 February 1940
CityWebster, SD
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know, I've never been to this event before - it's CBS.
I gave him a sleeping bag. I didn't know he'd have so much opportunity to use it.
There has been some research, by the way, that shows that, as people are coming up into their parenting ages, they gravitate back to the evening news.
We had hoped that he would be here so that we could have a reunion tonight ? a celebration.
We all made each other better at what we do. And we had a common DNA, if you will: We were all reporters first and anchors second.
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
No text message will ever replace the first kiss.
It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong.
The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option
There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]
there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.
It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.
In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up.
It will do us little good to wire the world if we limit our vision. It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circuit our souls.