Bob Schieffer

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#context #day #headlines #into #just

My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#cancer #i #i think #kills #people

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#breath #catch #chance #everyone #get

Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#even #good #good writer #i #into

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#boss #certain #changed #commander #decisions

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#answer #ask #closely #follow-up #get

People are more sophisticated in the way they go about dealing with the press. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#dealing #go #more #people #press

The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#best #congress #face-to-face #interaction #interviews

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#between #bring #competition #fierce #get

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#i #know #life #me #means