Robert MacNeil Quotes

Juan Williams is a very sharp guy.

I clearly have a point of view; I am very passionate about my point of view. I am a commentator.

I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, I'm somebody with an opinion.

I think punditry serves no purpose.

I, thank God, don't engage in punditry anymore. That part of my life is behind me.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

Andy Gray is a great pundit and a great co-commentator. I couldn't co-commentate for love nor money. I've tried but I just can't do it, so as an all-rounder I'd say Andy's much better than I am.

A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

I've run my mouth pretty good about my beliefs.

Now everyone is a critic.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.

I work for Fox News as a commentator. I say whatever I want. I'm the blonde on the left, figuratively and literally - the one who's usually smiling because it's T.V., not the Supreme Court or Congress, and I find civility more effective in any event.

I feel no compulsion to be a pundit. As a matter of fact, I really don't have that much to say about most things. Working with hard news satisfies me completely.

It's Charles Barkley. He's a personality. I don't count him as a journalist.

Everyone is wanting to make a name for themselves, and Dominick Cruz has been doing that by talking. He's been behind a desk, being a reporter, talking about fights.

Radio affords you the opportunity to pontificate and elaborate extensively.

I'm a pundit. I'm, like, paid to be a narcissistic blowhard and be in front of the camera.

I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying something, especially if it has to do with the work.

Professor von Mises has a splendid analytical mind and an admirable passion for liberty; but as a student of human nature he is worse than null and as a debater he is of Hyde Park standard.

Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.

I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life.

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

I know the pundits, they get big bucks for . . . pundating.

Belief is knowing what you believe. Conviction is knowing why you believe it.