Journalist Quotes · Page 20

Journalists should be people in whom there is at least a flicker of hope.

— Paul Simon

I wanted to be a journalist. I used to write articles at university about politics.

— Ana Patricia Botin

No one in my family was a journalist, and it didn't seem like a real job. Part of me still doesn't think…

— Mary Pilon

“At the back of my mind I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up since I didn’t seem to be…

— Ian Colquhoun

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

— Lionel Barber

“A journalist who doesn't know how to find a phone number no matter how secret it is should change his profession.”

— Henning Mankell

I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.

— Hamza Yusuf

I chose to write from different perspectives despite its complexity because it is what I have always done as a journalist.

— Fiona Barton

I was - in this magazine, it referred to me as "political parrot." And I thought, "That's the best you can come…

— Kellyanne Conway

The point is that a filmmaker is like a journalist in projecting reality in the true sense of the word. Only thing…

— Ram Gopal Varma

I had given up on being beautiful. But I thought I could kind of inspire boys to write songs about me. So…

— Caitlin Moran

I'm really bad at describing my books. Journalists like to have things like "It's The Terminator Meets the Seven Dwarfs." And I…

— Charles de Lint

It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The…

— Nat Hentoff

There are potentially many offences that journalists could commit in the course of their business. It would be very unhealthy if you…

— Keir Starmer

But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as…

— Garry Kasparov

I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who is a recorder and interpreter of the facts and of…

— W. Eugene Smith

I read reviews every time. I read them all. Sometimes they can be very constructive, sometimes not, but it's always interesting to…

— Frida Giannini

The person who's receiving the food cooks as much as the chef. They have a very important role to play... There's no…

— Ferran Adria

Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what…

— Jim Lehrer

I feel that the term "new age" is used by basically hostile media to diminish and marginalize a conversation that is very…

— Marianne Williamson

If you enjoy reading, writing, learning, and sharing what you have learned, don't hesitate to look for a life where you can…

— Howard Gardner

Mexico just needs more journalists, and especially more good places to publish and exhibit. There are all kinds of censorship practiced in…

— Francisco Goldman

In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is…

— Frank Church

Certainly, when it comes to my profession as a journalist, that allows the government to trace what you're reporting, who you're talking…

— Laura Poitras

A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to…

— Todor Zhivkov

When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism.

— Paul Simon

If a journalist calls you a racist, chances are, all other journalists will call you a racist.

— Greg Gutfeld

I'm an old newspaper-man myself, but I quit because I found there was no money in old newspapers.

— Jack Benny

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.

— Christopher Hitchens

There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for…

— John Oliver

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

— Megyn Kelly

If you are a journalist, check and double-check your sources. Don't just swallow what politicians tell you.

— Katharine Gun

I was a journalist's dream case study; a gobby girl with an accent who was good at engineering.

— Steph McGovern

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.

— A. N. Wilson

I wanted to be a lawyer. Then a journalist. Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.

— Hugh Jackman

Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.

— Rajeev Shukla

I think for a young journalist, it's better to write for the Web at the moment than it is for print

— Tina Brown

I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist…

— Mandy Moore

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

— Rush Limbaugh

I'm just a journalist. I shine a mirror to the culture. I give the cop-out answer.

— Mark Leibovich