# Erin Burnett

Erin Isabelle Burnett (born 2, July 1976) is an American news anchor, currently the anchor of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN. She previously worked for CNBC as co-anchor of Squawk on the Street and the host of Street Signs. Burnett has also appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, Today, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and NBC Nightly News as well as making occasional appearances on The Celebrity Apprentice.

## Quotes

* There is an element of TV that is visual. You can’t deny, but you’re not going to be able to move to the next level without the passion, the contacts, the journalistic drive.
** Quoted in article Needing a Star, CNBC Made One New YorkTimes (July 20, 2008).
* There is no job that's beneath anybody.
** Quoted in interview titled Erin Burnett: My First Big Break Visit by Mediabistro (June 18, 2014).
* Take a job and learn as much as you can, and be open to that and really soak it in but when you realize is isn't meant for you don't forget to jump but you have to balance that with jumping for the right reasons.
** Quoted in interview titled Erin Burnett: My First Big Break Visit by Mediabistro (June 18, 2014).
* Hopefully, what more people will realize in this whole national conversation is that the only reason polio is quote-unquote gone is because of mass vaccinations.
** Erin Burnett Gives Passionate Speech About Importance Of Vaccines. CNN (February 4, 2015)
* We need to keep vaccinating. This is not about choice. This is about our moral responsibility to our children and to other people's children.
** Erin Burnett Gives Passionate Speech About Importance Of Vaccines. CNN (February 4, 2015)
* You can’t force people to become something that they aren’t and you can’t be frustrated when people aren’t exactly what you need for a specific thing or thought they would be.
** How CNN Anchor Erin Burnett Serves As A Role Model For Young Women In Investigative Reporting Forbes (May 20, 2019).
* You have to adjust what it is they’re doing or just adjust and you can find a way to have people really thrive and succeed and participate on a team.
** How CNN Anchor Erin Burnett Serves As A Role Model For Young Women In Investigative Reporting Forbes (May 20, 2019).
* I do think it’s important to acknowledge that a lot of things come to us.
** How CNN Anchor Erin Burnett Serves As A Role Model For Young Women In Investigative Reporting Forbes (May 20, 2019).
* If I didn’t do it then, I wouldn’t be able to do it. I was trying to hit the sweet spot of ‘Ok.
** Erin Burnett
* If I was allowed to invest in stocks, I would be a billionaire.
* If you go out and kill something, you get a little bite of the meat. And that’s the way traders have been compensated throughout time.
* I think maybe that’s an understandable reaction by some people, given the lack of understanding and the sort of closed doors around Wall Street. I see my job as demystifying Wall Street.
* But the banks, who are at the center of this, they’re actually the ones who’ve paid back their bailout money.
* I would say no, but banks and availability of credit are the most basic and important things for an economy.
* There are certain loopholes that should be taken away.
* We wonder, what if we got rid of cash? After all, cash is what keeps terrorists, drug dealers and gun dealers in business.
* Money’s what makes the world go round, having a business niche is who I am, and it’s crucial.

## Quotes About Erin Burnett

* “Erin is the kind of all-star player that knows how to connect-the-dots and translate events into relevant information for viewers.”
** As quoted by CNN Worldwide President Jim Walton in article CNN hires Erin Burnett from CNBC (April 29, 2011).

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