--- title: "1 Castaway Quotes By Joseph Pulitzer" description: "1 Castaway quotes by Joseph Pulitzer. Plus more from Joseph Pulitzer and more Castaway sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/joseph-pulitzer-15695_bridges_a-journalist-is-the-lookout-on-the-bridg_2390298.jpg" --- > [A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little things of interest that dot the horizon in fine weather. He reports the drifting castaway whom the ship can save.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/a-journalist-is-the-lookout-on-the-bridge-of-the-ship-of-state-he/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/joseph-pulitzer-15695_bridges_a-journalist-is-the-lookout-on-the-bridg_2390298.jpg) ## Other authors on Castaway - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-yann-martel-96604.jpg) Yann Martel 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/castaway/yann-martel/) ## More by Joseph Pulitzer > [An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/an-able-disinterested-public-spirited-press-with-trained-intelligence/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [I will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/i-will-always-fight-for-progress-and-reform-never-tolerate-injustice/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/a-cynical-mercenary-demagogic-press-will-produce-in-time-a-people-as/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/i-am-deeply-interested-in-the-progress-and-elevation-of-journalism/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [Don't be sensitive if I should, in future, seem brusque, harsh, or even unjust in my criticism. I sincerely hope I never shall be;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/don-t-be-sensitive-if-i-should-in-future-seem-brusque-harsh-or-even/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [I breakfast when I get up, lunch when I get the chance. If I never get it, I forget it. Sometimes I dine at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/i-breakfast-when-i-get-up-lunch-when-i-get-the-chance-if-i-never-get/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/it-is-to-such-men-as-abraham-lincoln-and-jefferson-and-jackson-and/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/i-desire-to-assist-in-attracting-to-this-profession-young-men-of/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/my-especial-object-is-to-help-the-poor-the-rich-can-help-themselves-i/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [I want to talk to a nation, not to a select committee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/i-want-to-talk-to-a-nation-not-to-a-select-committee/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [I really think one of the most extraordinary things in the world is the amount of noise a child can make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/i-really-think-one-of-the-most-extraordinary-things-in-the-world-is/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/our-republic-and-its-press-will-rise-and-fall-together/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [Performance is better than promise. Exuberant assurances are cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/performance-is-better-than-promise-exuberant-assurances-are-cheap/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [They call me the father of illustrated journalism. What folly! I never thought any such thing. I had a small newspaper, which had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/they-call-me-the-father-of-illustrated-journalism-what-folly-i-never/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) > [It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/it-only-serves-to-show-what-sort-of-person-a-man-must-be-who-can-t/) [Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/castaway/joseph-pulitzer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Castaway Quotes By Joseph Pulitzer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little things of interest that dot the horizon in fine weather. He reports the drifting castaway whom the ship can save. He peers through fog and storm to give warning of dangers ahead. He is not thinking of his wages or of the profits of his owners. 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