Journalists Quotes · Page 6

[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history.

— Maureen Dowd

Journalists have no choice but to fight back because if they don't, they will become irrelevant,

— James Risen

CNN was one of the first news organizations in the world to train and equip its journalists before deploying them to dangerous…

— Anonymous

The only people you and I are likely to know in common are people in the news - politicians, journalists and celebrities.

— Helen Fisher

What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.

— William Bennett

It's the broadcaster's dilemma. Are we true journalists? I don't know if I am or not.

— Keith Jackson

Journalists aren't known for their courage so much as their belief that there is safety in crowds.

— Mollie Hemingway

I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your friends,…

— Cameron Diaz

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few…

— Noam Chomsky

“In truth we re-create our reputation every day. Journalists with thirty years of credibility have washed their careers down the drain with…

— Anonymous

The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In my experience with print journalists, the distinction between remarks being uttered on- or off-the-record is held sacrosanct, but the distinction between…

— Sam Harris

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do.…

— Gwen Ifill

Especially among journalists, politics is not a pursuit that's held in high esteem. We tend to be cynical about it - but…

— Chrystia Freeland

In my first company, Seer Technologies, where I was chief technology officer, we shied away from the media. We watched every word…

— Vivek Wadhwa

“Journalists,” she explained in a civics speech about dream careers, “chronicle our everyday lives. They reveal truths and information that the public…

— Celeste Ng

“When a prominent dissident was arrested in China, we would write a front-page article; when 100,000 girls were routinely kidnapped and trafficked…

— Anonymous

NPR editors and journalists found themselves caught in a game of trying to please a leadership team who did not want to…

— Juan Williams

At certain times each year, we journalists do almost nothing except apply for the Pulitzers and several dozen other major prizes. During…

— Dave Barry

I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists or writers or journalists or…

— Barbara Kruger

“Service journalists. That's how an editor-in-chief described us to a roomful of corporate communicators. We are, he said, purveyors of ideas, of…

— Lionel L. Fisher

“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist…

— Beatrix Campbell

I figure no matter what interview I do, the real good 'journalists' are going to find the completely irrelevant quotes that will…

— Austin Aries

A newspaper, as I'm sure you know, is a collection of supposedly true stories written down by writers who either saw them…

— Daniel Handler

I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.

— Sebastian Junger

Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

— Roger Mudd

What I have more of a problem accepting is the criticism of former players turned journalists, who - some of them -…

— Karim Benzema

I can remember how rude I could be at times to journalists and people phoning up for advice.

— Benjamin Cohen

“In the mind of the Indian public, journalists currently occupy a position of respect somewhere between pond scum and Ebola virus.”

— Sidin Vadukut

I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.

— Cameron Winklevoss

Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today.

— Helmut Schmidt

The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn't true.

— Jill Abramson

The journalists are so devoted to Obama. They are such sycophants that they're worried about access.

— Rush Limbaugh

I know journalists like to think that they are read by people like me, but I don't read them.

— Chris de Burgh

I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business,…

— Megyn Kelly

My humble request to journalists - It only takes one phone call or an email to check facts.

— Parvathy

During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.

— Tariq Ali

Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.

— Roger Stone

It's harder and harder for journalists to get out in the field and interview Iraqis. The Web can get these voices out…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

We are ready to be criticised by any journalists because we know we are not perfect.

— Hailemariam Desalegn