Brian Williams News Quotations

If cell phones are the new outlet for news, we're there. If it's computer screens, we're there, ... I know there are changing habits, but they'll come around to us.

Katie is a friend of many years, and a gifted broadcaster. While I am losing her as an NBC News colleague, I am gaining an able new competitor. I want to welcome Katie to the evening shift and I look forward to competing with my friend as we all continue to cover the stories that matter, all over the world, each night, for years to come.

I think it will dominate our news agenda for the foreseeable future.

This is an enormous honor, and a huge recognition of the coverage of a news story that has become a major commitment of this news division.

Everyone is always trying to write our lead for us in our business. Let me try, ... It's a great day for NBC News. It's a great day for the network evening news business. It's a place where, after all, about 30 million people come every night. And it's a place where nine months ago, for a horrible set of reasons, everyone was reminded why they come there every night.

It's an accepted TV news style that can fall into a pattern. I'd like to avoid it. ... We've all done shots like that. (But) it's still the best way to tell another human being, 'This is what 80 miles an hour feels like.'