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"I see "Meet the Press" as a national treasure.  In its 56th year, I am the temporary custodian, and I know that when my time is over, I'll pass it on to someone else." 

"When television news began, they trusted us completely, and should have because none of us had any ax to grind; none of us had any political ambitions. Our only real purpose in life, and in work, was to tell people what we knew to be true."

"In journalism school, I realized that a woman journalist should be willing to be treated exactly as a male journalist. Along the line, I decided that I really didn't want to stand out and push and shove in my trench coat in the rain and snow with the men. After I started working in television, I decided that instead of reporting, I really wanted to be a producer because that's where, behind the scenes, you got the whole picture. That was always what interested me." 

"A good guest is somebody who's obviously in the news that week, that is not afraid to come on and really say what they think in a candid sort of way." 

"How would I like to be remembered? As the man who said, 'have your pets spayed or neutered.'"

"I asked Merv why he chose me, and he said he felt like Pat and I were like a brother/sister team. We worked well together. He saw chemistry between the two of us and just thought that America would love us as a team. Kind of like Ken and Barbie." 

"I didn't decide I was interested in performing; I just performed. I drifted into it so solidly. It was as if I had done it before somewhere, you know?"