To say, my fate is not tied to your fate, is like saying your end of the boat is sinking.

- Hugh Downs

As the first human to land on any world outside the Earth, and probably the first living creature of any sort to come from the Earth and reach the Mo…

- Hugh Downs

There are more stars known to exist right now than the total number of all the grains of sand on every beach in the entire world. With those kinds of…

- Hugh Downs

Television is the medium of the 20th century.

- Hugh Downs

The most mature human insight comes from one's introspection rather than from exterior research.

- Hugh Downs

Life begins when you do.

- Hugh Downs

How many times has the end of the world been predicted? The same number of times the prediction has proved false.

- Hugh Downs

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.

- Hugh Downs

The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is priceless.

- Hugh Downs