Top 76 Quotes & Sayings by Brooke Baldwin

One of my early heroes was Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

It's important to stay a human, to be a journalist, to be a human covering the stories and trying as best as I can to put myself in their shoes, to be respectful, to just listen.

Ava DuVernay, Sheryl Crow, Diane von Furstenberg, Ashley Graham, Tracy Reese, Pat Benatar, Issa Rae, Betty White - they've all shattered glass ceilings, whether in music, fashion, or film.

This millennial generation... you guys seem so entitled.

As for being an objective journalist? That's easy. I want what everyone else wants: the truth.

It's a funny thing when you finally have an excuse to get all of your favorite people from all corners of the globe together in one room for my wedding. Other than saying 'I do' to my hunky Englishman, that is the thing I am most excited about!

I definitely feed off of people.

Spoiler alert: I did not become an astronaut.

I invite a variety people on my show with wide-ranging opinions - sometimes even my jaw hits the floor, too - but I let them speak. Whether it's left, right, or center, I want to expose my viewers to other perspectives. Agree with them or not, the nation needs to listen.

I've never used the word 'I' in a piece in my 18 years in journalism.

Each weekday morning, I'm up - reading, reading, reading.

I'd definitely have some butterflies if the day ever came when I'd get to sit down with Oprah.

I've covered tornadoes and other natural disasters. I wasn't on the ground for Katrina. But as our helicopter descended toward Mexico Beach, I just saw an entire town gone. Leveled, with the exception of a condo still standing here and there.

When President Ashraf Ghani gave his 2014 inaugural speech at the presidential palace, he choked up thanking his wife for her support and announced that she would take on a public role. That a male leader in Afghanistan would thank his spouse - let alone go on to promote her work and appear with her publicly - made news around the world.

My 'something borrowed' was a stunning pair of vintage diamond drop earrings from my friend Afshin at Estate Diamond Jewelry in N.Y.C. My 'something blue' was my tanzanite right hand ring that I bought for myself in Tanzania after climbing Mt Kilimanjaro.

My drive comes from my parents and from Westminster.

My rule - and I feel like this is a pretty good rule for life - no drinking while on television. I do not ever imbibe.

I got my first migraine on my first day of work in TV in 2001... it was debilitating.

I have no choice but to be 100-percent-focused. My two hours get blown up nearly every single day by breaking news.

People are full of great advice... Professors, parents, friends mean well... But in the end, the person driving this thing called life is you. Listen to you. Spend time being alone. Learn your worth. Dream. And never forget where you came from.

I graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with degrees in journalism and Spanish in 2001 and landed my first on-air job in Charlottesville, Va.

Westminster is no joke. I took some tough classes there. It prepared me for a tough career.

When I'm covering a story, it's not just about gathering facts, but it's gathering the human element as well.

I'm fortunate enough to get hair and makeup every day because of what I do, but it's the same, consistent look. Great for TV, not so fun for a wedding!

I had to put in my time all through my 20s. Then I came to CNN in 2008 as a freelancer with no guarantees.

Wedding dress shopping is basically like dating. You pick the one based on how you feel.

When Senator Cruz, with all due respect, tries to throw my network and CNN under the bus, let me stand up for my colleagues and journalists here.

I dedicated my first 'American Woman' series to my mother. She and millions in her generation felt they couldn't use their voices, but they taught their daughters they must use theirs.

My job is to be OK without a precise plan.

Throughout the 2016 presidential election, I listened. At debates and rallies, I heard their voices clearly and felt compelled to do something more. Thousands and thousands of women spoke with confidence and conviction.

Just because someone says something, whether it's at the podium during the briefing or the president tweets, I can't always assume that's factual. That's insane. We have to be very quick on our toes in fact checking.

I knew the second I slipped on my dress that it was the one. I felt sexy, not super bride-y, and just entirely me.

You never ask a Maasai warrior how many cattle he has; it's like asking someone how much money they've got in their bank account.

I love living in Manhattan, but every time I leave, I say that I'm so happy I'm leaving.

I think viewers know CNN delivers time and time again on the most important stories.

What surprised me the most? Christina Hagan, the millennial Congressional candidate and ardent Trump supporter. I walked into her living room in rural Ohio one summer weekend with an open mind, and I'm grateful she offered the same in return.

It matters that we have balance and facts and push people when they need to be pushed so that we can give the accurate, fair, balanced piece to the viewer, and then it's up to the viewer to be the judge.

I really focus on giving the viewers compelling television, and hope that more and more people watch.

At age 12, it was obvious. I had to go to Space Camp.

There's a genuineness that I hope I offer to viewers.

It has always been important for women to empower other women.

CNN was just a glimmer in my eye when I was growing up in Atlanta.

I know we journalists have a reputation for being cynics. We do. It's our job to question - everything.

Reporting makes you a better anchor and vice versa.

I'm reporting on a world at war.

I actually love being a little older and doing this wedding thing. At 38, I know what I like and what I don't.

I grew up in Atlanta, which meant the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was a mere 200 miles away.

I run into viewers all the time who have no idea I've moved to N.Y.C. I think, for many of them, a studio is a studio is a studio.

What's been fascinating about shooting my series 'American Woman' is the ubiquity of a woman's experience - and no matter who you are: a rockstar, film director, mom - we all are celebrating this movement of female empowerment, but we also realize we have a long way to go.

I'll never forget coming home after covering Sandy Hook. Seeing the faces of family members. The firefighters who could never unsee the unthinkable. Those tiny caskets. I came home, sat in my dark apartment because I didn't even bother to turn the lights on, and wept.

In the most polarized and passionate, the most angry and aggressive news environment in recent memory, my job as a journalist requires me - often - to push back in live interviews against comments that are unfair, untrue, or leave me thinking, 'Is this seriously happening right now?'

I want to help lift women's voices. And I realize, in doing that, I need to use my own.

Whether it's summiting Kili or achieving my next work goal - Look forward for a moment, but then keep your head down and trudge on.

All I know is what I do each and every day and what we do here at CNN, which is all about the facts, asking tough questions, challenging leaders and our own leadership in this country.

As for my mom, her biggest gift to me was teaching me I can and I must use my voice. I owe her a debt of gratitude.

I always believe with a great day, you also have a not-great day.

What does 'home' really mean? Is it merely geography, where you were born? Could it include straddling two continents and cultures? Or perhaps it's a place with a spiritual magnetism - a feeling toward a culture or people - that's tough to put into words?

When either major stories break or something just really touches me, I initiate and pitch, then follow through. I will literally march across the newsroom and bang on the president of CNN's door. He knows when I'm coming.

With hard work and some good help, I eventually landed an exclusive interview with Auma Obama, President Obama's half-sister.

I tend to gravitate toward gender- and race-related stories.