Top 60 Katie Couric Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that’s not what boats are built for.”

— Katie Couric

2. “Be bold, be humble, be brave, be resilient, be productive, be good, good to yourselves and good to each other. Be careful; be caring.”

— Katie Couric

3. “You can’t please everyone, and you can’t make everyone like you.”

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4. “Prepare yourself to be employable.”

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5. “Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees.”

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6. “The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or it can awaken people and change minds. It depends on who’s piloting the plane.”

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7. “Changing the world doesn’t happen all at once. It isn’t a big bang. It’s an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny sparks. And some of those sparks will have to come from you.”

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8. “I feel like a human pinata. The disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out.”

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9. “You can’t assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.”

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10. “And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect, nothing is, and no one is – and that’s OK.”

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11. “Sometimes I think change is a good thing.”

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12. “Dig deep and believe in yourself and have the self-confidence you need to forge ahead.”

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13. “It’s fine to be on the hamster wheel, running and running, trying to grab the brass ring or whatever you define as success, but your relationships, that’s really all that matters when it’s all said and done.”

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14. “A less-than dream job can help you find your dreams.”

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15. “Nobody ever asks men about the work-life balance, and I just find that interesting, because clearly, I would imagine most men also want to be good fathers, and I’m sure they want to be good partners.”

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16. “And I’ve always – the competition is one aspect of the job, but I think if you’re too busy worrying about the competition, you don’t focus enough on what you’re doing.”

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17. “I think sometimes people project things on you, but I’m trying to handle everything that’s happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can’t necessarily win all the time.”

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18. “You know, you’ve got serious pieces, you’ve got light pieces, you’ve got cooking segments, you’ve got health-related topics, so it’s not as if they’ve had a unique personality from the get-go.”

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19. “So just ask the question. After all, what’s the worst that could happen? “No” isn’t really so bad, and “Yes” might take you places you’d never expect.”

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20. “It’s these parallel universes when someone you love is sick. Your world is this completely foreign place involving radiation and tumor markers. Outside, people are buying sweaters.”

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21. “The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you’ll be.”

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22. “Sexism is so five minutes ago. I think for the most part, people accept that women are as competent as men.”

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23. “Can you explain what Internet is?”

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24. “There’s nothing like being in the moment, even when that moment isn’t captured or shared.”

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25. “I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and thats really motivating.”

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26. “Obviously, people in Texas have big hearts.”

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27. “I don’t know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we’ve become friends through the years. And you’ve been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can’t tell you how grateful I am.”

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28. “I knew I had to be a journalist because I’m deeply curious about the world.”

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29. “I realized that whatever your path, whatever your calling, the most damaging thing you can do is let other voices define you and drown out your own. You’ve got to block them out and find that place deep inside you, shaken but still intact, and hold on to it.”

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30. “I think it’s dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you’re not going to be doing a really quality job yourself.”

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31. “My daughters depend on me for a lot more than food, clothing and shelter. They depend on me as an example of how to go on.”

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32. “He was always sort of a scrappy little kid wasn’t he? A bit of a fighter?”

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33. “When I made coffee and Xeroxed and distributed newspapers at ABC News, I thought my life was over.”

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34. “The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face.”

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35. “Just had lunch with the president who seems pensive, slightly deflated, realistic, aggravated and resolute. Didn’t eat his pie.”

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36. “He would take the blow so you didn’t have to.”

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37. “Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is – and that’s OK.”

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38. “What brought me into the TV business is what keeps me here and happy. You can learn something new every day if you have a really positive attitude.”

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39. “Some suggested over the weekend that it is wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami.”

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40. “Misperceiving that there is one correct choice is a common mistake. Coming to understand that there are usually a few good choices – and then there’s the one you pick, commit to, and make great – is the best way to make flexible, optimal, good decisions in life.”

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41. “I hope I have a little talent, but a lot of it was luck. I went through setbacks. People said I looked too young, people said I wasn’t good, nobody said, ‘Come here, baby, we’re going to make you a star.’ Early on, when I’d say, ‘Can I do some anchoring?’ people would look at me like I was crazy.”

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42. “All three networks have always had a morning show but now cable of course is taking some of that audience away and a variety of other things, probably the Internet as well.”

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43. “I don’t always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me.”

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44. “If I hear the word ‘perky’ again, I’ll puke.”

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45. “They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you’re conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece.”

— Katie Couric

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46. “The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying ‘we’ when referring to the United States and, even the ‘shock and awe’ of the initial stages, it was just too jubilant and just a little uncomfortable.”

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47. “That studies have shown that more people are getting up earlier, they’re getting their news earlier. They’re getting less sleep, getting up at earlier hours.”

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48. “Now, if they’re there to talk about something specifically, and I determine through my own editorial judgment, that another area isn’t germane, or isn’t an important part of it, that’s something else. But we never agree to anything in advance, absolutely not.”

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49. “I’ve always tried to stay true to my authentic self.”

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50. “Obviously I love doing newsmaker interviews, and if I can contribute in any way to that, I would love to. I love reporting, getting out in the field and talking to people about various issues.”

— Katie Couric