I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
It will do us little good to wire the world if we limit our vision. It will do us little good to… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I had gone to all the big stories of the '80s, which was one of the most fertile times in American journalism,… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I am simply the most conspicuous part of a large, thoroughly dedicated and professional staff that extends from just behind these cameras,… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
We live in a world where terror has become a too familiar part of our vocabulary. The terror of 9/11, in which… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
In 1989, a lone and still-anonymous Chinese student stood unarmed in front of a Chinese tank and gave the world an enduring… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circut our souls. There is no delete button for… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I've interviewed presidents and royalty, rock stars and movie stars, famous generals and captains of industry; I've had front row seats at… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy’s vast store of priceless monuments and art… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
“postwar America. He learned the insurance business by day and braille by night. Before long the VA found him a job with an elderly… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The doctor didn't want me to play golf anymore and was worried about me fly-fishing. Golf is something I enjoy, but fly-fishing is a… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
We were empty nesters, our last-born child having departed for Duke. Meredith decided we needed a dog to fill the vacuum. She heard about… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The real test of an anchor is when there's a very big event. Sept. 11 is the quintessential example of that, and that day… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
