16+ Robert Macneil Quotes On Education, Religion And Jim Lehrer Death

Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist, best known for his work in the United States. He was the anchor and executive editor of the PBS news program The MacNeil/Lehrer Report, which later became The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He is also the author of several books, including the memoir The Right Place at the Right Time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Robert Macneil on education, leadership, religion.

The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons. — Robert Macneil

And I'm in favor of that because I have a gay son, who's a very successful theater designer. — Robert Macneil

I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City. — Robert Macneil

We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova Scotia, where my two brothers have homes; and we'll go back there this summer. — Robert Macneil

After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past. — Robert Macneil

Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is? — Robert Macneil

Yes, after some time spent last year on other commitments, most of them speaking engagements, I am now about halfway through a novel that I hope will come out in 1998. — Robert Macneil

Change is legitimate and inevitable, for our language is a mighty river, picking up silt and flotsam here and discarding it there, but growing ever wider and richer. — Robert Macneil

I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary. — Robert Macneil

Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world. — Robert Macneil

I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion. — Robert Macneil

Wordstruck is exactly what I was—and still am: crazy about the sound of words, the look of words, the taste of words, the feeling for words on the tongue and in the mind. — Robert Macneil

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit. — Robert Macneil

Words make another place, a place to escape to with your spirit alone. — Robert Macneil

I never wanted to be a pundit. — Robert Macneil

I think one of the lessons we learn in life - and it's an old lesson, but each of us has to learn it, if he does, individually - and that is that, in human relations, particularly sexual relations and so on, the person you might most trust and feel most comfortable and easy with isn't necessarily the person your heart is going to fall for. — Robert Macneil

Life Lessons by Robert Macneil

1. Robert Macneil taught us the importance of being an inquisitive and objective journalist, as well as the importance of telling stories in a way that is both engaging and informative.
2. He also showed us the power of using multimedia to tell stories, and how to use technology to reach a wider audience.
3. Lastly, he showed us the importance of being a passionate and dedicated journalist, and the importance of having a strong moral compass in order to ensure that stories are told accurately and fairly.