Quotes from Christiane Amanpour

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.