“But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at leas...” — Bob Edwards Quote

“But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before.”

“Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.”

“I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.”

“A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.”

“At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.”

“In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.”

“He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.”

“Haverford was there for me and taught me what it meant to be a human being.”

“I'm a human being, and I get sick.”

“Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.”

“The paradox is that I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make, and I believe it has an important place. Others do, too, and the thousands of people with Morrissey tattoos certainly proves something.”

“It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.”