Reporters Quotes · Page 5

“A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. A reporter should know the difference.”

— Fred Reed

I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in my blood.

— Chris Hayes

“Y’all reporters like my quotes, don’t you. Yeah, my quotes are Shaqalicious.”

— Shaquille O'Neal

Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay!

— Jack Germond

I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don't think of myself as a tough person.

— Jill Abramson

Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.

— Michael Kinsley

First reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

— Maria Bartiromo

Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'

— Kara Swisher

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name…

— Kate Adie

I tend to gravitate toward reporters who cover all aspects of the story: from personal aspects to the big picture that answer…

— James G. Stavridis

One time a reporter asked me what my worst quality was. I looked him in the eyes then punched him in the…

— Zach Braff

I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be…

— Moses Malone

An editorial writer might consult a reporter to see what she thinks, if it is what she covers. But they are entirely…

— Gene Weingarten

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

— Calvin Trillin

Of course, no matter how hard we try to be objective as reporters, our life experiences and personal circumstances influence our journalism,…

— Sheri Fink

As someone who has spent a lot of her career as an investigative reporter, I'll confess that a frustration of mine has…

— Jill Abramson

Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have…

— Thomas Paine

And there are two types of stories. One type is one's own story. The other type is telling the stories of others.…

— Lee Gutkind

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face…

— Daniel Okrent

I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if…

— Neil LaBute

Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and…

— Mike Royko

War reporters are often seen as a wild bunch of thrill-seekers who wade into danger zones simply for the sake of the…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gabriel Levin's book is a journey through time and through entrenched animosities of the Middle East. What's astonishing and refreshing is his…

— Adam Zagajewski

I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism, and I have a communications degree. I…

— Sarah

Well, the movie isn't bad. For a while, I even told myself I liked it, even as it missed one mark after…

— David Edelstein

I discovered a long time ago that writing of the small things of the day, the trivial matters of the heart, the…

— E. B. White

TV's Tony Snow becomes the White House press secretary. How will he make the difficult transition from Fox News reporter to Republican…

— Stephen Colbert

I respect journalism. I was always very aware of journalism from a very broad point of view, but I'd say my baptism…

— James D'arcy

Perhaps the dumbest of these story lines is that [Pope] Francis has re-opened conversation and debate in a Church that had been…

— George Weigel

In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as…

— Henry David Thoreau

Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might…

— Chester A. Arthur

[VIA DOLOROSA]'s pushing Broadway as far as it can be pushed. I stand before you as a reporter, and you have to…

— David Hare

Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would.

— Laurie Beth Jones

I've been very transparent with reporters, but they only want to print mean stuff.

— Louise Linton

Whenever a reporter is assigned to cover a Methodist conference, he comes home an atheist.

— H. L. Mencken

Network reporters dont go to the field anymore. The local news has been gutted.

— Alex Wagner

The only way for a reporter to look at a politician is down.

— H. L. Mencken

I've always been a guy who didn't mind speaking to reporters.

— Greg Olsen

The owner of a local cannabis café told reporters George Clooney was no stranger there.

— George Clooney

As reporters in State College, there was a joke. We used to call Penn State, the Kremlin.

— Rodney Erickson