Explore Quotes by Anderson Cooper

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill.

I just found it interesting to talk to adults I admired, and to discover that the path they took was never all that clearly defined. It was comforting to me when I figured out that you don't have to know what you want to do with your life; you just have to take a few steps in one direction, and other opportunities will open up.

The map of the world is always changing; sometimes it happens overnight. All it takes is the blink of an eye, the squeeze of a trigger, a sudden gust of wind. Wake up and your life is perched on a precipice; fall asleep, it swallows you whole.

As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter.

Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock.

If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.

I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly.

I have gas mask in my office because I took Chem/bio warfare training class so I can report in case of an attack. It’s on a copy of my head made by Madame Tussauds

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know 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.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.

I went to a high school reunion a couple years ago and realized that the kids who were the most unusual in high school are the ones who are the most interesting now and the ones who were popular are dull and boring.

I'm gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn't be more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into a child.