Journalist Quotes

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army.

The first and great commandment is, don't let them scare you.

One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun.

When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth.

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist.

I have been determined for the past couple of years to move away from all those Holiday programmes.

Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that.

And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

For me, a hearty 'belly laugh' is one of the beautiful sounds in the world.

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.

Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.

The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the rich are convinced they're going to be taxed more, they spend less. And when the top few percenters don't spend, there goes all your spending, because they account for half of all retail spendi

The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.

Sexy ain't guys like Churchill and Lincoln.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.

It's not as if I can just pop on my show and be rude if I've had a hard day.

It's a good thing Winston Churchill was around before the shallow age of television. He might never have become one of the greatest leaders of all time.