Quote by Karl Kraus Download Open image ““The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.”” — Karl Kraus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Do you know what a journalist is? Someone who hasn't written a novel yet.” — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
To have no ideas and being able to express them is the essence of journalism. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“Struggling for survival and relevance, we as a profession of political journalists and commentators have collectively debased our craft to the lowest common denominator—writing… — Kerry-Anne Walsh Copy Share Image
“The challenge of a journalist is to condense a thousand thoughts into a single sound bite. The challenge of an author is to place… — Charles A. Cornell Copy Share Image
“A journalist's work depends on a willingness to ask questions of people who are better informed and more powerful than you.” — Elizabeth Pisani Copy Share Image
“I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Journalist: A person with nothing on his mind and the power to express it. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
“One thing I understood from the beginning is that the press almost completely tunes out abstractions. They won’t write about ideas without larger-than-life personalities… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“To be successful as a journalist, you must be curious and have a yearning for learning facts.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“It was journalism at its best: irreverent, mischievous and beholden to no one.” — Toby Young Copy Share Image
“There is no room for passion in journalism—unless it is a passion for presenting the truth. Accurately, honestly, and unbiased.” — M.J. Summers Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
A historian is not always a prophet facing backwards, but a journalist is always someone who afterwards knew everything beforehand. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all,… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The little stations are very proud because the expresses have to pass them by. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
