Quotes from Katie Couric

But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning.

He would take the blow so you didn't have to.

I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!

All three networks have always had a morning show but now cable of course is taking some of that audience away and a variety of other things, probably the Internet as well.

I love the smell of estrogen in the morning.

Be bold, be humble, be brave, be resilient, be productive, be good, good to yourselves and good to each other. Be careful; be caring.

Sometimes I think change is a good thing.

Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees.

You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.

My daughters depend on me for a lot more than food, clothing and shelter. They depend on me as an example of how to go on.

A lot people I know - it drives them crazy when they're watching, to see the people with their signs and waving, but there's something that's very inclusive about it.

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

So I don't really focus too much on that, and I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself.

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be.

I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can't necessarily win all the time.

But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.

What brought me into the TV business is what keeps me here and happy. You can learn something new every day if you have a really positive attitude.

When I made coffee and Xeroxed and distributed newspapers at ABC News, I thought my life was over.

Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.

I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself

They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece.

If I hear the word 'perky' again, I'll puke.

I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and that's really motivating.

And I've always - the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you're too busy worrying about the competition, you don't focus enough on what you're doing.