Journalist Quotes · Page 10

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.

— David Brooks

First, learn how to report traffic jams, then you can talk about football. (on Bulgarian journalists)

— Ivan Slavkov

“now I would almost arrest Glenn Greenwald, who’s the journalist who seems to want to help him get to Ecuador.”

— Glenn Greenwald

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.

— Sade Adu

Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not…

— Jerome K. Jerome

As a journalist, I know what it is like to incur the self-righteous wrath of people who denounce you for things you…

— Anne Applebaum

Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

— Carol Burnett

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track

— Amy Goodman

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they…

— Oscar Wilde

I think because I came from a very strong news background and people were aware of me from that side of things,…

— Jill Douglas

“I’d no idea that you’d prove such an able apprentice. You were sure to be a journalist, in which case the chances…

— Lionel Shriver

The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are…

— Salman Rushdie

I'm not in the business of being 'friendly.' First and foremost, I'm a journalist. My business is the truth. Now, I happen…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

It's a truism that denials never quite catch up with charges. Honest journalists who may have mistakenly printed false information know that…

— Tom Wicker

One of the great weaknesses of journalists is they interview people and they think that's important. They think that they are going…

— George Friedman

An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipulation…

— Jaron Lanier

Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole…

— John Pilger

I also think there's too many players who say the same boring answers, they don't even have to turn up to interviews…

— Shane Warne

It's hard for me to think about this, but I first went to Southeast Asia as a Marine more than 40 years…

— Jim Webb

Since the advent of the Internet - more recently compounded by blogging - everyone can be a published voice. Any cowardly, anonymous…

— Lynda Resnick

We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in…

— Edgar Allan Poe

We drank quite a lot and Tony Harrington said, "We're thinking of starting a record label at The Wire; how about you…

— David Toop

I'm old enough to remember the days when you spoke to one person from one outlet and that was the conversation. But…

— Cate Blanchett

I've always liked the old-school journalism approach. I don't have to take a side on any controversial issue. I get to present…

— Stephen M. Miller

The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go…

— Jay Rayner

For the benefit of those of you who have real jobs and are not involved in the news business, I should first…

— Dave Barry

I took great offence at a journalist who called me blokeish. I have always seen myself as metrosexual and in touch with…

— Angus Deayton

As a Jew and a journalist I have my privileges, and if one doesn't work I use the other one.

— Amira Hass

Im sorry Im not gay or Jewish, so I dont have a special interest group of journalists that support me.

— Vincent Gallo

The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party.

— Nora Ephron

I'm a member of the working press; you'd think I'd know better than to listen to journalists.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Trust is the most important aspect of being a journalist. If people don't trust or find you relatable - you will not…

— Gretchen Carlson

Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.

— Jim Hightower

I realize that I am not a journalist. So anything I say is not important.

— Craig Ferguson

I remember everyone in high school thought I should be a journalist because I looked like Connie Chung.

— Sandra Oh

My master's degree was in journalism, but everything important I ever learned about being a journalist I learned on the job.

— Rebecca Mead

People think because 'Vice' is irreverent and because we're crazy, we're stunt journalists. You know what? I don't actually care.

— Shane Smith

As I point out in the very first pages of 'Into the Wild,' I approached this book not as a normal, you…

— Jon Krakauer

If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Listen, I can't stop anybody from having an opinion, whether they be a player, an ex-player or journalist or whatever.

— Martin O'Neill