--- title: "13 Tell Public Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Tell Public quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Tell Public sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/arthur-hays-sulzberger-27725_cat_we-tell-the-public-which-way-the-cat-is_2313599.png" --- > [We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-hays-sulzberger/we-tell-the-public-which-way-the-cat-is-jumping-the-public-will-take/) [Arthur Hays Sulzberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-hays-sulzberger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/arthur-hays-sulzberger-27725_cat_we-tell-the-public-which-way-the-cat-is_2313599.png) > [Take any celebrity - all we really know is what they choose to tell us or what they show us in public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hilburn/take-any-celebrity-all-we-really-know-is-what-they-choose-to-tell-us/) [Robert Hilburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hilburn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/robert-hilburn-9299_celebrity_take-any-celebrity-all-we-really-know-is_2879272.jpg) > [My goal is to try to tell the public that America could use more science and technology in all aspects of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/my-goal-is-to-try-to-tell-the-public-that-america-could-use-more/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/zoltan-istvan-21799_america_my-goal-is-to-try-to-tell-the-public-tha_2015931.jpg) > [Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/our-job-is-only-to-hold-up-the-mirror-to-tell-and-show-the-public/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/walter-cronkite-1759_happened_our-job-is-only-to-hold-up-the-mirror-to_2729608.png) > [The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/the-last-duty-of-a-central-banker-is-to-tell-the-public-the-truth/) [Alan Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-blinder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/alan-blinder-47927_bankers_the-last-duty-of-a-central-banker-is-to_1236697.jpg) > [ We \[journalists\] tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-hays-sulzberger/we-journalists-tell-the-public-which-way-the-cat-is-jumping-the/) [Arthur Hays Sulzberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-hays-sulzberger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/arthur-hays-sulzberger-27725_care_we-journalists-tell-the-public-which-way_1520044.png) > [You can never tell what the public will think! But when something goes well and is well-received, it's a great surprise!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-coolidge/you-can-never-tell-what-the-public-will-think-but-when-something-goes/) [Jennifer Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-coolidge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/jennifer-coolidge-4006_surprise_you-can-never-tell-what-the-public-will_47627.jpg) > [If you don't have story to tell the public at large - you have to be able to sort of go listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ronstadt/if-you-don-t-have-story-to-tell-the-public-at-large-you-have-to-be/) [Linda Ronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ronstadt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/linda-ronstadt-2836_able_if-you-don-t-have-story-to-tell-the-publ_151304.png) > [I do think there is a strange idea that the media has that if you tell the public what you think, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-grim/i-do-think-there-is-a-strange-idea-that-the-media-has-that-if-you/) [Ryan Grim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-grim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/ryan-grim-41276_ideas_i-do-think-there-is-a-strange-idea-that_1343155.jpg) > [I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diahann-carroll/i-ve-spent-about-that-amount-of-time-trying-to-tell-the-public-that/) [Diahann Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diahann-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/diahann-carroll-30572_amount_i-ve-spent-about-that-amount-of-time-try_2175866.jpg) > [“Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konrad-lorenz/every-scientist-should-after-all-regard-it-as-his-duty-to-tell-the/) [Konrad Lorenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konrad-lorenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/konrad-lorenz-8538_animal-behavior_every-scientist-should-after-all-regard_334999.jpg) > [I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-haggard/i-ll-tell-you-what-the-public-likes-more-than-anything-it-s-the-most/) [Merle Haggard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-haggard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/merle-haggard-8224_commodity_i-ll-tell-you-what-the-public-likes-more_2922777.png) > [The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wole-soyinka/the-media-owes-the-responsibility-to-constantly-tell-the-public-the/) [Wole Soyinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wole-soyinka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/wole-soyinka-1587_responsibility_the-media-owes-the-responsibility-to-con_1263857.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tell-public/#itemlist", "name": "Tell Public Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. 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