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Mike Wallace quotes

American Journalist May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012

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The problem became this: We became a caricature of ourselves. We were after light, and it began to look as though we were after heat, not to reveal some information or not to find out the story. Mike Wallace
I had my hearing aid fixed today so that I could properly hear you. I can't see as well. I now have - this has stopped me from smoking - a pacemaker, have for about the last 15 years. No, I don't like getting old. Mike Wallace
I'm a reporter; you can't subpoena people to talk to you. If you write to them and try to call them on the phone and they don't answer or so forth, then take them unawares. Mike Wallace
Rooney, of course, he believes that he is the reason that people stick around all the way through the show. They'll put up with anything, you know, in order to get to Rooney, and that's why we're at number 16 or 14 or whatever. Mike Wallace
I read rip-and-read news, but I wasn't a reporter. I was reading the wire, and the other thing was, I was reading commercials - and I could do a hell of a commercial. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the..."
I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it. Mike Wallace
I was so low that I wanted to exit. And I took a bunch of pills, and they were sleeping pills. And at least they would put me to sleep, and maybe I wouldn't wake up, and that was fine. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "Jack Kennedy was one year older than I was, and we attended..."
Jack Kennedy was one year older than I was, and we attended the same neighborhood school. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else..."
Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether. Mike Wallace
We were the first people who did investigative stuff, who asked occasionally abrasive, occasionally confrontational questions. Mike Wallace
I did game shows, I did interview shows, I did talk shows, I did commercials, I did acting. But all of that was a million years ago. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is..."
If there's anything that's important to a reporter, it is integrity. It is credibility. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "There's not a better job in journalism than the one we have,..."
There's not a better job in journalism than the one we have, seriously on '60 Minutes' - not a better job. Mike Wallace
I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts. Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace quote: "When I went to Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, what I..."
When I went to Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, what I really wanted to be was a radio announcer. Mike Wallace

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