--- title: "3 Joseph T. Hallinan Quotes - Famous Journalist" description: "American journalist... | Joseph T. \"Joe\" Hallinan is an American author and journalist for The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sunday Times and The..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-joseph-t-hallinan-83991.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joseph T. Hallinan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-joseph-t-hallinan-83991.jpg) # Joseph T. Hallinan Journalist **3** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joseph T. Hallinan is a journalist. ## Quick Facts About Joseph T. Hallinan Profession Journalist ## About Joseph T. Hallinan American journalist... \| Joseph T. "Joe" Hallinan is an American author and journalist for The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Sunday Times and The Wall Street Journal — on topics on topics ranging from medical malpractice to the criminal justice system and the associated prison industry in the United States. ## Quotes by Joseph T. Hallinan > [“As a general principle, people feel more responsible for their actions than they do for their inactions. If we are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-t-hallinan/as-a-general-principle-people-feel-more-responsible-for-their-actions/) Joseph T. Hallinan [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/joseph-t-hallinan-83991_quote_as-a-general-principle-people-feel-more_1651441.jpg) > [“Nearly eighty years of research on answer changing shows that most answer changes are from wrong to right, and that most people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-t-hallinan/nearly-eighty-years-of-research-on-answer-changing-shows-that-most/) Joseph T. Hallinan [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/joseph-t-hallinan-83991_change_nearly-eighty-years-of-research-on-answe_1661996.jpg) > [“Almost everyone is overconfident--except the people who are depressed, and they tend to be realists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-t-hallinan/almost-everyone-is-overconfident-except-the-people-who-are-depressed/) Joseph T. Hallinan [Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/joseph-t-hallinan-83991_confidence_almost-everyone-is-overconfident-except_2644759.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-t-hallinan/#itemlist", "name": "Joseph T. 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