Mike Wallace Quotes

There's nothing, repeat, nothing to be ashamed of when you're going through a depression. If you get help, the chances of your licking it are really good. But, you have to get yourself onto a safe path.
Mike Wallace

Good, Yourself, Help

I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'
Mike Wallace

Good, True, Night

All I'm armed with is research.
Mike Wallace

Research, Armed

Even a liberal reporter is a patriot, wants the best for this country. And people, your fair and balanced friends at Fox, don't fully understand that.
Mike Wallace

Best, Country, Friends

I love the urgency of what we do. I like the battles that take place, the jousting.
Mike Wallace

Love, Place, Battles

You know, you become crazy. I had done a story for '60 Minutes' on depression previously, but I had no idea that I was now experiencing it. Finally, I collapsed and just went to bed.
Mike Wallace

Crazy, Depression, Done

As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.
Mike Wallace

Birthday, Long, Eyes

I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts.
Mike Wallace

Doubt, After, Become

I was copeless. Not just hopeless, but copeless. I tried to keep on working because I was ashamed of acknowledging the fact that I was depressed. You don't use that word.
Mike Wallace

Working, Keep, Fact

If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility.
Mike Wallace

Important, Integrity, Reporter

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.
Mike Wallace

Happy, Today, Parents

Can you imagine the most trusted man in America? Cronkite deserved it too.
Mike Wallace

America, Imagine, Trusted

Covering Richard Nixon's triumphant run in 1968 turned out to be my last major assignment as a general correspondent for CBS News. In September of that year, '60 Minutes' made its debut and I began the best, the most fulfilling job a reporter could imagine.
Mike Wallace

Best, Job, Made

Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away.
Mike Wallace

Age, Time, School

I cared enough to read and look at and worry about the questions.
Mike Wallace

Enough, Worry, Read

I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago.
Mike Wallace

Game, Acting, Talk

I did what I felt that I wanted to do. Fairly selfishly. I didn't know my kids as well as I should have.
Mike Wallace

Wanted, Kids, Felt

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it.
Mike Wallace

May, Face, Voice

I even asked Eleanor Roosevelt difficult questions and she loved it.
Mike Wallace

Difficult, She, Loved

I feel fulfilled when we've revealed a person.
Mike Wallace

Person, Fulfilled, Revealed

I had my hearing aid fixed today so that I could properly hear you. I can't see as well. I now have - this has stopped me from smoking - a pacemaker, have for about the last 15 years. No, I don't like getting old.
Mike Wallace

Today, Old, Smoking

I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn't about 'me,' it was about 'us.'
Mike Wallace

Important, Done, Leader

I never was the story. The story was the story. Period.
Mike Wallace

I read rip-and-read news, but I wasn't a reporter. I was reading the wire, and the other thing was, I was reading commercials - and I could do a hell of a commercial.
Mike Wallace

Hell, Read, Reading

I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella.
Mike Wallace

Bad, Mean, Insecure

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: May 9, 1918

Died: April 7, 2012

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