Journalist Quotes

716 Journalist quotes by 527 unique authors

With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you. — Donald Davis
Am I surprised that Joe Klein [pseudonymous author of Primary Colors which he denied writing] lied? No, because in my opinion reporters lie all the… — James Carville
The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows… — Andrew Marr
There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with… — Oscar Wilde
Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable. A journalist is someone who looks at the world and… — Marguerite Duras
Our job is like a baker's work - his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week,… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the… — Oscar Wilde
Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents. — Peggy Noonan
We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the… — Edgar Allan Poe
If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a… — Evelyn Waugh
People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with tearing away the veils… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The journalists have constructed for themselves a little wooden chapel, which they also call the Temple of Fame, in which they put up and take… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I once saw a photograph of a large herd of wild elephants in Central Africa Seeing an airplane for the first time, and all in… — Bertrand Russell
Here in the news media, our focus is on speed. When we get hold of some new and possibly inaccurate information, our highest priority is… — Dave Barry
This ball was so crowded that it took me - a trained professional journalist with vast experience in this area - forty five minutes to… — Dave Barry
A critical function that we journalists perform at political conventions is to try to get into parties that we have not been invited to. There… — Dave Barry
...Terry Jackson, who is the Miami Herald's automotive writer and TV critic. That's correct: This man gets paid to drive new cars AND watch television.… — Dave Barry
As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist." — Dave Barry
As a professional journalist, I have always been fascinated by people who appear to have even more spare time than I do. — Dave Barry
For the benefit of those of you who have real jobs and are not involved in the news business, I should first explain that .… — Dave Barry
One of the issues that we professional newspaper columnists are required by union regulations to voice grave concern about is the federal budget deficit, which… — Dave Barry
For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth. — Honore de Balzac
I'm an old newspaper-man myself, but I quit because I found there was no money in old newspapers. — Jack Benny
"Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!" — Jerome K. Jerome

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