Journalist Quotes

My father was a journalist.

— Daniel Snyder

I was a bad journalist.

— David Brock

“Fear didn't suit me.”

— Gwenda Bond

The real news is bad news.

— Marshall McLuhan

I'm a street journalist, man.

— Inspectah Deck

I have been a print journalist.

— Gyles Brandreth

I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet.

— Werner Herzog

Never trust a journalist.

— Wendy Cope

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

— Liam Neeson

I have never, in 50 years, ever missed a deadline [as a journalist].

— Khushwant Singh

You have to draw lines between being a journalist and an activist.

— Michael Pollan

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

— Jeannette Walls

I knew I was going to be a journalist, and that was it.. full stop.

— Suzy Welch

Most journalists are broken down alcoholics.

— James Purdy

I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.

— Maria Ressa

I think of us as journalists; the medium we work in is blogging.

— Anonymous

I wanted to be a fashion journalist and went to the London College of Fashion to do a journalism and promotion course.

— Kirsty Gallacher

The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.

— William C. Bryant

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

— Toby Jones

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.

— Harvey Weinstein

Portland calls itself a 'sanctuary city,' but it's nothing of the sort for a law-abiding journalist.

— Andy Ngo

I don't believe any Western journalists, quite frankly. I believe they're liars until proven otherwise.

— Anonymous

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.

— Ken Auletta

It's not easy, but I truly that think being a good listener is an important part of being a good journalist.

— Emily Chang

No-deal Brexit could be Boris Johnson's biggest deception yet - worse than the Boris bus or the lies that had him sacked…

— Ed Davey

Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place…

— Lynsey Addario

It's very important to get out, to do reporting. It's also really interesting. I come at it as a journalist, and I…

— Michael Pollan

The left has written books and done little short vignette movies about assassinating George W. Bush. And once again, for all the…

— Rush Limbaugh

When I first became a journalist, people said, 'Oh, that must be interesting.' They saw it as slightly glamorous, slightly edgy. They…

— Fiona Barton

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. gloom is their game,…

— Gay Talese

The weirdest time is when I'm having to explain myself all day to journalists, and then I don't perform, so there's no…

— Andrew Bird

Sometimes, when you look at an adviser's failings or perceived failings, I think the tough question you have to ask as a…

— Jodi Kantor

Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe. Compared to the American public at large, probably…

— Al Franken

A good American friend of mine who has lived in India for many years, working as a journalist, was recently denied entry…

— Noam Chomsky

I also know that I have represented for us a certain kind of journalist and for me over the years when an…

— Ed Gordon

On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off…

— Vanessa Redgrave

“We must sober up and admit that too many of the Republicans and the Democrats have played us, lied to us and…

— Glenn Beck

As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment…

— Neil Gaiman

For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. ... It is a city that offers me more people -- more…

— Katharine Graham

...self-important western journalists who'd given up their sacred trust to become cheerleaders for trendy causes, the way communist journalists had once been…

— Naomi Ragen