Katie Couric Quotes

I’ve always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

I realized that whatever your path, whatever your calling, the most damaging thing you can do is let other voices define you and drown out your own. You’ve got to block them out and find that place deep inside you, shaken but still intact, and hold on to it.

It’s these parallel universes when someone you love is sick. Your world is this completely foreign place involving radiation and tumor markers. Outside, people are buying sweaters.

Some suggested over the weekend that it is wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami.

Dig deep and believe in yourself and have the self-confidence you need to forge ahead.

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

The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or it can, hopefully, awaken people and change minds. I think it depends on who’s piloting the plane.

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

A less-than dream job can help you find your dreams.

Oftentimes Westerners don’t really understand fully the values of this particular culture. And I think the jury is still out as to whether democracy can really thrive in Iraq.

Can you explain what Internet is?

[I am enthusiastic about journalism because] it’s a craft that can … galvanize an often complacent citizenry, and make a difference.