Activity Quote by Paul Keating

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

— William Weld

There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.

— Dana Perino

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they…

— William Cobbett

Journalists undoubtedly have a duty to push, cajole, and aggressively maneuver around campaign handlers in order for the public to see a candidate unscripted.

— Richard Grenell

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

— Michael Bloomberg

Shrewd and crafty politicians, when they wish to bring about an unpopular measure, must not go straight forward to work, if they do they…

— Charles Caleb Colton

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

— Barry Goldwater

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch…

— Larry Speakes

For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.

— Hilary Mantel

For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain,…

— Julia Gillard

I certainly don't think that it's the job of any journalist to make the presidency work.

— Jake Tapper

“The president himself, absent any organizational rigor, often acted as his own chief of staff, or, in a sense, elevated the press secretary job…

— Michael Wolff