--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Walter Cronkite" description: "14 Way quotes by Walter Cronkite. Plus more from Walter Cronkite and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/walter-cronkite-1759_way_and-that-s-the-way-it-is-1533919_1533919.png" --- > [And that's the way it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/and-that-s-the-way-it-is/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/walter-cronkite-1759_way_and-that-s-the-way-it-is-1533919_1533919.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/walter-cronkite-1759_i-think_i-think-people-make-way-too-much-of-rati_104458.png) > [Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/justice-was-born-outside-the-home-and-a-long-way-from-it-and-it-has/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/walter-cronkite-1759_adopted_justice-was-born-outside-the-home-and-a_1300366.png) > [On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/on-television-i-tried-to-absolutely-hew-to-the-middle-of-the-road-and/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/walter-cronkite-1759_bias_on-television-i-tried-to-absolutely-hew_2965974.png) > [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) > [If, as they say, the threat of the hangman's noose has a powerful way of focusing one's attention, the same can be…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/walter-cronkite-1759_attention_if-as-they-say-the-threat-of-the-hangman_214805.png) > [You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/you-think-you-would-react-one-way-when-a-situation-develops-and-and/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/walter-cronkite-1759_react_you-think-you-would-react-one-way-when-a_1330073.png) > [It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/walter-cronkite-1759_achieve_it-is-clear-that-military-force-and-our_99819.png) > [I sort of think in a way that many of us young reporters who had the opportunity to go overseas for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-sort-of-think-in-a-way-that-many-of-us-young-reporters-who-had-the/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/walter-cronkite-1759_careers_i-sort-of-think-in-a-way-that-many-of-us_1299245.png) > [I'm a romanticist in many ways. I never get behind the wheel of my boat and dropping the anchor without saying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-m-a-romanticist-in-many-ways-i-never-get-behind-the-wheel-of-my/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/walter-cronkite-1759_anchor_i-m-a-romanticist-in-many-ways-i-never-g_2948353.jpg) > [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) > [To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/to-say-that-we-are-closer-to-victory-today-is-to-believe-in-the-face/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/walter-cronkite-1759_clear_to-say-that-we-are-closer-to-victory-tod_740722.jpg) > [Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents…Anybody who has to live with the people, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/everybody-knows-that-there-s-a-liberal-that-there-s-a-heavy-liberal-2/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/walter-cronkite-1759_county_everybody-knows-that-there-s-a-liberal-t_2016676.jpg) > [To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/to-suggest-we-are-on-the-edge-of-defeat-is-to-yield-to-unreasonable/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc2/walter-cronkite-1759_clear_to-suggest-we-are-on-the-edge-of-defeat_3213954.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/walter-cronkite/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Walter Cronkite", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And that's the way it is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Cronkite" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/and-that-s-the-way-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/walter-cronkite-1759_way_and-that-s-the-way-it-is-1533919_1533919.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/walter-cronkite-1759_way_and-that-s-the-way-it-is-1533919_1533919.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/walter-cronkite-1759_way_and-that-s-the-way-it-is-1533919_1533919.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And that's the way it is.” — Walter Cronkite", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think people make way too much of ratings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Cronkite" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/i-think-people-make-way-too-much-of-ratings/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/walter-cronkite-1759_i-think_i-think-people-make-way-too-much-of-rati_104458.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/walter-cronkite-1759_i-think_i-think-people-make-way-too-much-of-rati_104458.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/walter-cronkite-1759_i-think_i-think-people-make-way-too-much-of-rati_104458.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think people make way too much of ratings.” — Walter Cronkite", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; 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