Top Cronkite Quotes

  • It was true. Heard it on Cronkite. – Nathan Hill

    It was true. Heard it on Cronkite.– Nathan Hill

  • If life were fattening, Walter Cronkite would weigh 500 pounds. – Douglas Brinkley

    If life were fattening, Walter Cronkite would weigh 500 pounds.– Douglas Brinkley

  • Everyone else was trying to make things more complicated and Cronkite, typically, was trying to make them more simple. – David Halberstam

    Everyone else was trying to make things more complicated and Cronkite, typically, was trying to make them more simple.– David Halberstam

  • When he (Walter Cronkite) drank, he had an appetite for both history and political bullshit. – Douglas Brinkley

    When he (Walter Cronkite) drank, he had an appetite for both history and political bullshit.– Douglas Brinkley

  • Cronkite is not a genius at anything except being straight, honest, and normal. – Douglas Brinkley

    Cronkite is not a genius at anything except being straight, honest, and normal.– Douglas Brinkley