All Daniel Okrent Quotes
- That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington… Ask
- Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park. Baseball
- If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember,… Any
- But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper. Inspirational
- I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits. Inspirational
- I believe the Times is a great newspaper, but a profoundly fallible one. Believe
- I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars. Afraid
- If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good… Bush
- Closing one's ears to the complaints of partisans would also entail closing one's mind to the substance of their arguments. Argument
- The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true, Balance
- Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me -… Able
- I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism. Bad
- The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get… Appear
- Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is. Course
- It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions. Complicated
- That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its… Choice
- I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense. Conservative
- If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better. Absorb
- Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies… Assertions
- I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean. Clear
- I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful… Actually Something
- I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about. Cocky