#sm

But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#could #curling #darts #deal #doing

And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#ace #after #biological #creative #creative writing

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

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#always #art #basis #being #draw

I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#come #i #job #journalism #newsmakers

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#great #great way #i #i think #impact

In so many of the other beats these days, there are these layers of public relations people that you have to go through to get to the newsmakers themselves. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#days #get #go #layers #many

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

— Bob Schieffer

#cancer #i #i think #kills #people

The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#changes #draft #families #fought #group

Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#democracies #grounds #poor #terrorism #war