I look for those moments that are ‘gee whiz’ moments. There’s some ‘gee whiz’ stories in our show, and they can’t be written like A-1 in the Times. They have to be written more like Page 6 in the Post. – Shepard Smith
The exact time of death, I think, is not something that matters so much at this moment for we will be reliving John Paul’s life for many days and weeks and even years and decades and centuries to come. – Shepard Smith
When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that’s not true, because I’m the one doing the news. It’s my show, and there’s no place for opinion on my show. It’s uninteresting to me. – Shepard Smith
Interviewing politicians and movie stars, you know what you’ll get. I like the people-stories better. – Shepard Smith
I need to keep my story count high. I’m trying to get as many stories in my hour as is humanly possible. We’re telling more stories in our hour than any national newscast has in the history of this business, I think. – Shepard Smith
We are America; we don’t torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train. – Shepard Smith
I’m not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I’m just a kid from Mississippi. – Shepard Smith
It is troublesome sometimes when people get up in your face in public, you know? And say, ‘How could you, how dare you?’ Well, they don’t know me. – Shepard Smith