--- title: "Best Jessica Savitch Quotes" description: "Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the l..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jessica-savitch-49398.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jessica-savitch-49398.jpg) # Jessica Savitch (1947–1983) Journalist United States **60** quotes in **179** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jessica Savitch was a journalist from the United States, best known for *Anchorwoman*. ## Quick Facts About Jessica Savitch Born February 1, 1947 Died October 23, 1983 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works Anchorwoman ## About Jessica Savitch Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death in a car crash the following October. ## Quotes by Jessica Savitch · Page 2 > [For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/for-every-two-minutes-of-glamour-there-are-eight-hours-of-hard-work/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Eight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/jessica-savitch-11340_eight_for-every-two-minutes-of-glamour-there-a_3187176.jpg) > [No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/no-matter-how-many-goals-you-have-achieved-you-must-set-your-sights/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Goal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/jessica-savitch-11340_goal_no-matter-how-many-goals-you-have-achiev_2816058.jpg) > [Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/many-senators-have-developed-a-canny-sense-of-what-will-play-best-for/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/jessica-savitch-11340_audience_many-senators-have-developed-a-canny-sen_2703934.jpg) > [You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/you-can-easily-die-racing-to-cover-a-bank-robbery-as-you-can-in-a-war/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Bank robbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bank-robbery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/jessica-savitch-11340_bank-robbery_you-can-easily-die-racing-to-cover-a-ban_2670866.jpg) > [News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/news-reporting-is-a-cycle-no-matter-how-much-you-work-at-sending-a/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Matter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/matter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/jessica-savitch-11340_matter_news-reporting-is-a-cycle-no-matter-how_711443.jpg) > [One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/one-reason-i-left-local-news-was-that-i-was-tired-of-the-constant/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Chairs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chairs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/jessica-savitch-11340_chairs_one-reason-i-left-local-news-was-that-i_1575545.jpg) > [In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/in-the-beginning-my-mother-humored-me-when-i-told-her-i-wanted-to-be/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Mother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/jessica-savitch-11340_mother_in-the-beginning-my-mother-humored-me-wh_373766.jpg) > [News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can-newscasts-be-mapped-out-like/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Controlled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/controlled/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/jessica-savitch-11340_controlled_news-events-cannot-be-controlled-nor-can_45926.jpg) > [Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/women-didn-t-want-to-watch-other-women-on-television-because-they/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/jessica-savitch-11340_attention_women-didn-t-want-to-watch-other-women-o_2775039.jpg) > [The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/the-minute-viewers-callin-or-write-about-your-looks-they-were-not/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Listening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listening/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0be/jessica-savitch-11340_listening_the-minute-viewers-callin-or-write-about_1872405.jpg) > [I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/i-don-t-exactly-know-what-it-means-to-be-ready-a-cake-when-the-oven/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Baked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baked/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/jessica-savitch-11340_baked_i-don-t-exactly-know-what-it-means-to-be_3128794.jpg) > [When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/when-i-was-a-little-girl-in-the-1950s-it-would-not-have-been-possible/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [1950s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1950s-413/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/jessica-savitch-11340_1950s_when-i-was-a-little-girl-in-the-1950s-it_3027752.jpg) > [Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/shootouts-are-not-gunfights-of-honor-they-re-gang-wars-and-racial/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Gang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/jessica-savitch-11340_gang_shootouts-are-not-gunfights-of-honor-the_1454827.jpg) > [I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/i-very-much-wanted-to-be-accepted-by-my-peers-to-be-considered-a/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/jessica-savitch-11340_accepted_i-very-much-wanted-to-be-accepted-by-my_1350546.jpg) > [Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/every-time-i-am-in-danger-of-believing-the-glamour-of-my-own-press/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Danger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/danger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/jessica-savitch-11340_danger_every-time-i-am-in-danger-of-believing-t_18801.jpg) > [The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/the-bad-news-is-that-50-people-died-in-a-hotel-fire-the-good-news-is/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Bad news](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-news/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/jessica-savitch-11340_bad-news_the-bad-news-is-that-50-people-died-in-a_1695021.jpg) > [What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/what-is-the-value-of-sticking-a-microphone-in-a-man-s-face-right/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/jessica-savitch-11340_death_what-is-the-value-of-sticking-a-micropho_2835697.jpg) > [Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/some-news-managers-have-been-slow-to-grasp-that-good-television-news/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Journalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/jessica-savitch-11340_management_some-news-managers-have-been-slow-to-gra_1801141.jpg) > [The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/the-latest-wrinkle-is-on-wrinkles-there-is-a-widespread-belief-that/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/jessica-savitch-11340_belief_the-latest-wrinkle-is-on-wrinkles-there_702397.jpg) > [A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-savitch/a-fact-of-modern-life-is-that-it-takes-women-longer-to-get-ready-than/) [Jessica Savitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-savitch/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/jessica-savitch-11340_life_a-fact-of-modern-life-is-that-it-takes-w_1804025.jpg) ## Jessica Savitch by topic [News (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/news/jessica-savitch/) [Journalism 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