Famous quotes by Jim Lehrer:
"I see a few familiar faces here in the crowd,"
"Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out,"
"You want to see an angry person? ... Let me hear a cell phone go off."
"Whether you're 9 or 90, you can play this game."
"When I raise my right hand to you (just before the candidates arrive), ... that means, 'That's enough. Cool it. Let's go.'"
"We're hoping to build on this in a large, large way."
"I now know how Abbot felt when Costello left, how Brinkley felt when Huntley left, how Sears felt when Roebuck left, and, of course, how Dan Rather felt when Connie left."
"[But he was tripped up by a question posed by Lehrer on how he would handle the difficulties and uncertainties of the presidency. The presidency Lehrer said, is] 90 percent having to deal with the unexpected. ... crisis under fire."
"I am now finding more and more journalists saying, 'It has taken a tragedy of enormous proportions, but maybe, maybe we are returning to our roots,' and those roots are in the business of information, not entertainment,"
"[One person who unexpectedly expressed nervousness about Wednesday's] table talk ... This is the first time a conversation-type format has been used. I have to keep my wits about me, and I don't want you involved. Are we okay with that?"
