Anderson Cooper Quotes

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

I had no idea how many famous people [Andy Cohen] have unintentionally and hilariously insulted of late: Charlie Rose, his cousin Amber Rose, Tori Spelling. . . . the list goes on and on.

Thoughts come and go. It’s impossible to stop your thoughts, but the idea is that the thoughts are kind of like waves on the ocean. That’s Jon Kabat-Zinn’s big analogy and that this is actually kind of diving under the waves. And you know it’s kind of interesting.

I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

Selling your apartment in New York is like dating a manic-depressive.. you get used to cycles of elation and despondency. Every time someone would come to see the apartment, there was the thrill of the date. You want to be presentable, so you clean the place up, make sure it smells good, put on some mood lighting and mellow music.

Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into a child.

We know the president of the United States has no facts. No facts to back up his startling allegation that the former president of the United States, President Obama, wiretapped him in Trump Tower during the campaign.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don’t know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don’t know as long as you say you don’t know it.

The thing I love about reporting is being able to blend in with any group, whether that’s neo-Nazis or pedophiles.

I’ve always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly.

I’ve always loved reporting from the field most of all. There’s something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that’s always appealed to me. I think there’s great value to bearing witness to these events as they’re actually happening.

When a big event happens, people turn on to CNN, not only because they know there will be people there covering an event on the ground, but because they know we’re going to cover it in a way that’s non-partisan, that’s not left or right.