Tom Brokaw

“The baby boomers are the most demanding, the most educated, the most self-absorbed, the most narcissistic, the most spoiled, and the most pampered generation in history.”

“My mother, who was a waitress, gave me a piece of advice: 'Never be afraid to ask for help.'”

“There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and slander begins.”

“In this country, we have a rich tradition of classroom teachers who are not merely purveyors of facts but are role models and mentors.”

“A big part of my job is to protect what we have.”

“David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the rest of us reporters needed paragraphs to explain.”

“What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of principles and a business that has the capacity to continue to generate energy and prosperity for its community.”

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”

“The 'Greatest Generation' is a term I coined to describe the generation of Americans who grew up during the deprivation of the Great Depression and then went on to win World War II.”

“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”

“It's not the questions that get us in trouble, it's the answers.”

“I think it's important to have a sense of history.”

“If you're going to be a journalist, you need to be a skeptic.”

“The warm glow of the computer screen is a kind of new hearth, the domestic fire of our own time.”

“This is a generation that was raised on duty, honor, country.”