“I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen un...” — Ted Koppel Quote

“I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.”

“People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.”

“Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation.”

“Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.”

“I have the necessary lack of tact.”

“In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.”

“I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them.”

“When I got my job on 'Parks,' it was so dreamy, kind of unfathomable. I didn't think a job that excellent could exist for me.”

“I love to sleep. I'm an excellent, excellent sleeper.”

“I was never happy, and neither were many of my friends. We were just normal kids that were not so excellent at what society wanted from us at that time.”

“My wife was an excellent mother, her loss has left a big void in my son's life, and those are shoes that I cannot fill. The loss of a parent has not been easy on him.”

“Yoga is excellent! It not only keeps me healthy physically but mentally and spiritually also.”