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title: "8 Professional Journalist Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Professional Journalist quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Professional Journalist sayings and thoughts."
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> [This ball was so crowded that it took me - a trained professional journalist with vast experience in this area - forty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-ball-was-so-crowded-that-it-took-me-a-trained-professional/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/dave-barry-222_areas_this-ball-was-so-crowded-that-it-took-me_11433.png)

> [I've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-stein/i-ve-definitely-written-people-e-mails-telling-them-i-ve-loved-their/)

[Joel Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-stein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/joel-stein-12345_journalist_i-ve-definitely-written-people-e-mails-t_338881.jpg)

> [Well, I don't know about objectivity, but I know for certain that it's always possible for a professional journalist who understands what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-lehrer/well-i-don-t-know-about-objectivity-but-i-know-for-certain-that-it-s/)

[Jim Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-lehrer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/jim-lehrer-10656_about_well-i-don-t-know-about-objectivity-but_1047424.png)

> [As a professional journalist, I am always looking for new ways to get paid for being motionless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/as-a-professional-journalist-i-am-always-looking-for-new-ways-to-get/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/dave-barry-222_journalism_as-a-professional-journalist-i-am-always_2316643.png)

> [As a professional journalist, I have always been fascinated by people who appear to have even more spare time than I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/as-a-professional-journalist-i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-people/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/dave-barry-222_fascinated_as-a-professional-journalist-i-have-alwa_2542969.png)

> [I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-am-a-writer-a-professional-journalist-with-serious-credentials-in/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/hunter-s-thompson-278_angel_i-am-a-writer-a-professional-journalist_2786880.jpg)

> [Peter is often our White House correspondent, standing on the North Lawn, talking about the President... but of course as his dad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-doocy/peter-is-often-our-white-house-correspondent-standing-on-the-north/)

[Steve Doocy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-doocy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/steve-doocy-10279_dad_peter-is-often-our-white-house-correspon_2855305.jpg)

> [As a professional journalist who nonetheless champions a 'people's' Internet, I am happy to compete against the thousands of amateur bloggers out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/as-a-professional-journalist-who-nonetheless-champions-a-people-s/)

[Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/douglas-rushkoff-2188_bloggers_as-a-professional-journalist-who-nonethe_2903729.png)

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