Anderson Cooper

“I think my mom and dad both wanted to get across to me that... I obviously grew up with great privilege and was very lucky and was able to afford college and not have student loans, and they would pay for college, but beyond that, it would be up to me to make a living.”

“There's just a proliferation of blogs and the chattering classes and people talking. More avenues for people to make their feelings known, which is good.”

“I've never been a Burger King person. I'm a total McDonald's person.”

“I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.”

“My mom's made it clear to me that, like, there's no trust fund.”

“A lot of people know the name Gloria Vanderbilt, but they don't really know the whole story behind her, the real person that she is.”

“When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.”

“There are some things which are so horrific that some people feel they can't do anything about it: that the natural, understandable response is to tune it out.”

“Who's, like, inherited a lot of money that has gone on to do things in our lives?”

“I think the notion of traditional anchor is fading away - the all-knowing, all-seeing person who speaks from on high. I don't think the audience really buys that anymore. As a viewer, I know I don't buy it.”

“Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.”

“Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it.”

“I personally tend to be drawn to stories that aren't paid much attention to, or stories that aren't on people's radar.”

“You might try the gym from time to time. It really is something you can incorporate into your life pretty seamlessly.”

“I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.”

“There was a time when I first started when I made a fake press pass and borrowed a camera and headed into wars, and for three years, that was the only kind of story I was interested in doing.”

“To realize that your mother's love life has been far more interesting than one's own is a weird thing to discover.”

“There are some people who are Burger King people, and there are some people who are McDonald's people.”

“I am boring. I'm fine with boring.”

“I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always appealed to me. I think there's great value to bearing witness to these events as they're actually happening.”