Quotes from Anderson Cooper

whatever problem you have with someone, project yourself into the other person and see it from their point of view.

Inside, however, in our core, past the aches, pains and creaking joints of age, youth still resides. Keep that in mind. As

Filipino people, the people of Tacloban, and Samar, and Cebu, and all these places where so many have died, they are strong not just to have survived this storm, but they are strong to have survived the aftermath of this storm. They have survived for a week now, often with very little food, with very little water, with very little medical attention. Can you imagine the strength it takes to be living in a shack, to be living, sleeping on the streets next to the body of your dead children?

To realize that your mother's love life has been far more interesting than one's own is a weird thing to discover.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

Obviously I was well aware that I had what people consider a privileged upbringing. My mom was never a bake-cookies sort of mom. I really had no reins whatsoever.

In my real life, I wear a T-shirt, gray or white, and the same pair of jeans. Literally, the same pair of jeans every day.

If you learn the language of loss early, I think you seek out others who have experienced the same thing, who speak that same language of loss.

I like new technology.

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

There's just a proliferation of blogs and the chattering classes and people talking. More avenues for people to make their feelings known, which is good.

Most gyms now have TVs. You can prop up reading material on the cardio equipment.

The fact is, I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.

If I end up hosting 'Joker's Wild,' please shoot me.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

I was surprised how much Andy Cohen reveal about his insecurities and your personal life.

I don't want to do anything that puts my team members, my camera people or producers, in danger, so it's an ongoing dialogue on all the stories that we do.

It's nice on the daytime format to focus on things that connect us.

I have a friend - I send her one text and I get 20 texts back. Guys don't want a million texts. It's exhausting.

I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.

Health is your most treasured gift. As long as you have it, you are independent, master of yourself.

recently came across a saying by the Scottish writer Ian Maclaren. "Be kind," he wrote, "for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.