Firsts Quote by Ben Bradlee Download Open image “The first rough draft of history.” — Ben Bradlee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firsts History Journalism Rough Rough drafts
[On journalists:] We are a noisy, imperfect lot, struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I am a technophile, so there is no such thing as a first draft. The first draft plunges on, and about a quarter of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives. — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.” — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
If journalism is the first draft of history, then digital literacy is the first blush of the first page of history. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“It is better to write a bad first draft than no first draft at all.” — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
National security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
You sort of can't talk about the post production unless you talk about what comes first. — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
I'm a business first and foremost so whatever my business is, it's separate from my personal. It's like whatever I do business wise, it's… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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