Ann Curry Quotes

Journalism is an act of faith in the future.

World Refugee Day is a reminder that there is no ‘us’ and ‘them.’ There is only us, one human family, connected in ways we sometimes forget.

I choose to fill my days with what I’m passionate about, and live with purpose.

Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature… But now that I can see my life on my face, I realize we earn the way we end up looking. Time, it seems, gives us all a chance to really be beautiful.

I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They’re the ones who matter to me.

In the end, I want to be able to say, ‘My life was what I made it.

My father used to say, ‘Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you’ll ever do, you haven’t even thought of yet.’

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don’t have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done.

Never ever give up, even, and especially, when there is no chance of winning.

I try to do stories that make a difference — stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear — and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation.

I don’t always understand my worth.

I’m sorry I couldn’t carry the ball over the finish line, but, man, I did try.

It’s time to be bold about who you really are.