--- title: "8 Journalist Know Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Journalist Know quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Journalist Know sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/louise-penny-1059_character_a-good-journalist-as-you-know-is-a-great_156022.jpg" --- > [A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/a-good-journalist-as-you-know-is-a-great-listener-and-so-s-a-good/) [Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/louise-penny-1059_character_a-good-journalist-as-you-know-is-a-great_156022.jpg) > [As a journalist, I know what it is like to incur the self-righteous wrath of people who denounce you for things you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/as-a-journalist-i-know-what-it-is-like-to-incur-the-self-righteous/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/anne-applebaum-2544_denounce_as-a-journalist-i-know-what-it-is-like-t_961807.jpg) > [You know, honestly - look, I'm not a journalist. This is the first, you know, tragedy that I have covered on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-beck/you-know-honestly-look-i-m-not-a-journalist-this-is-the-first-you/) [Glenn Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/glenn-beck-872_air_you-know-honestly-look-i-m-not-a-journal_1219303.png) > [When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamron-hall/when-i-first-started-out-as-a-young-journalist-i-know-that-on-at/) [Tamron Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamron-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44b/tamron-hall-10132_black-person_when-i-first-started-out-as-a-young-jour_1548060.jpg) > [“I got a call froma cynical young American journalist...You know the sort. He's lived in the Middle East for a little over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-mowafi/i-got-a-call-froma-cynical-young-american-journalist-you-know-the/) [Amy Mowafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-mowafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/amy-mowafi-37134_egypt_i-got-a-call-froma-cynical-young-america_1637775.jpg) > [And I'm hoping that fair-minded people will stand up and say that what's been done to me is wrong, and that-that people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-gannon/and-i-m-hoping-that-fair-minded-people-will-stand-up-and-say-that/) [Jeff Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-gannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/jeff-gannon-17243_ability_and-i-m-hoping-that-fair-minded-people-w_2426764.jpg) > [I believe that I've been asked all possible questions. I, myself, if I were a journalist, would not know what to ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-believe-that-i-ve-been-asked-all-possible-questions-i-myself-if-i/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/jos-saramago-208_ask-me_i-believe-that-i-ve-been-asked-all-possi_2544137.png) > [As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-adams/as-a-journalist-you-know-you-are-doing-your-job-properly-when-you/) [Guy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/guy-adams-42482_censorship_as-a-journalist-you-know-you-are-doing-y_3000147.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalist-know/#itemlist", "name": "Journalist Know Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. 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