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title: "4 Anchorman Quotes By Walter Cronkite"
description: "4 Anchorman quotes by Walter Cronkite. Plus more from Walter Cronkite and more Anchorman sayings from other authors."
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> [Old anchormen, you see, don't fade away. They just keep coming back for more. And that's the way it is, Friday, March 6, 1981.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/old-anchormen-you-see-don-t-fade-away-they-just-keep-coming-back-for/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/walter-cronkite-1759_anchorman_old-anchormen-you-see-don-t-fade-away-th_517789.png)

> [We're an ignorant nation right now. We're not really capable, I do not think, the majority of our people, of making the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/we-re-an-ignorant-nation-right-now-we-re-not-really-capable-i-do-not/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/walter-cronkite-1759_anchorman_we-re-an-ignorant-nation-right-now-we-re_1086847.jpg)

> [I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. I feel no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-am-a-news-presenter-a-news-broadcaster-an-anchorman-a-managing/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/walter-cronkite-1759_analysts_i-am-a-news-presenter-a-news-broadcaster_1292542.png)

> [As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: "And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/as-anchorman-of-the-cbs-evening-news-i-signed-off-my-nightly/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/walter-cronkite-1759_anchorman_as-anchorman-of-the-cbs-evening-news-i-s_2488490.png)

## More by Walter Cronkite

> [I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-m-a-liberal-but-i-m-not-biased-seriously/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-ve-gone-from-the-most-trusted-man-in-america-to-one-of-the-most/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-do-think-that-the-success-although-still-not-complete-in-the/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [Be kind to an old man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/be-kind-to-an-old-man/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-learned-early-on-that-in-the-real-world-the-masks-of-tragedy-and/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on the way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/it-is-clear-that-military-force-and-our-policy-of-preemption-are/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [In all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/in-all-my-years-as-a-news-commentator-i-was-never-once-able-to-tell/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [I think people make way too much of ratings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-think-people-make-way-too-much-of-ratings/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [I grew my mustache when I was nineteen in order to look older. I never shaved it off even though it overran its usefulness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-grew-my-mustache-when-i-was-nineteen-in-order-to-look-older-i-never/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-m-so-tired-of-stories-starting-maud-jones-was-walking-her-dog-down/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/all-through-my-life-i-have-never-disguised-my-sentiments-about/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/the-battle-for-the-airwaves-cannot-be-limited-to-only-those-who-have/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [The successful landing on the moon, very probably, is the best story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/the-successful-landing-on-the-moon-very-probably-is-the-best-story/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [If, as they say, the threat of the hangman's noose has a powerful way of focusing one's attention, the same can be said of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/if-as-they-say-the-threat-of-the-hangman-s-noose-has-a-powerful-way/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

> [We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature, executive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/we-must-strengthen-the-united-nations-as-a-first-step-toward-a-world/)

[Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/)

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