Quotes and Sayings about Journalism

Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.

Diana Gabaldon in Outlander -

So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth.

Rod Serling

Writing Freedom

A good journalist never reveals her sources.

Fabienne Beriot in Lupin - Season 1 Episode 4

What is it with reporters? You take one person's tragedy and force the world to experience it... spread it like sickness.

Richard Morgan in The Ring

People aren't always very fond of journalists. You know what they say - lies are soft and malleable, but the truth is sharp and inflexible.

Charlotte in Genshin Impact

The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work.

Malcolm Turnbull

Freedom of Press

Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

Alexei Navalny

When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?

Jon Stewart

Facts

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

Bob Woodward

Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers.

Julian Assange

Facts

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.

Walter Cronkite

Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.

Walter Cronkite

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

Cyril Connolly

Literature

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

Helen Thomas

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Peter Jennings

Borders

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Rebecca West

I’m a reporter. I follow people that do not want to be followed.

Eddie Brock in Venom

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

Bob Schieffer

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.

John Gunther

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A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

Albert Camus

Freedom of Press

I love the free press. It's, like, the best... press.

Clark Thompson in God's Favorite Idiot - Season 1 Episode 2

Freedom of Press

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

Ferdinand Mount

Freedom of Press

We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.

John McCain

Freedom of Press

A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that.

Hugh Grant

Democracy Freedom of Press

Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed, it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook

Writing Poems

A living poem had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others.

Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook

Writing Poems Inspiration

Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it.

John Green

Writing Introvertierte Sprüche

Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

David Levithan

Words Love Writing

Word to the wise writer: never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them... they sneak off with stuff.

Ka Hancock

Stories Writing

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.

Roald Dahl

Writing

We all know, of course, what to make of our newspapers. The deaf man writes down what the blind man has told him, the village idiot edits it, and their colleagues in the other press houses copy it.

Timur Vermes in Look Who's Back

Newspapers Fake News

Come on Ted, it's 2012. What do you expect, to meet some cute travel agent when you're reading a newspaper at a bookstore? None of those things exist anymore!

Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother - Season 7 Episode 22

Newspapers 2012

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Paul Claudel

Truth Conspiracy Theories Fake News

Fake news travel quick and far.

Mino Raiola - April 2021

Fake News

Listen to the scientists! Listen to what the facts are!

Joe Biden - May 2020

Coronavirus Facts

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

Walter Cronkite

Truth

"Ye werena the first lass I kissed," he said softly. "But I swear you'll be the last."

Diana Gabaldon in Outlander

Memories. They remain raw... even longer than wounds.

Colum MacKenzie in Outlander - Season 2 Episode 12

Memories

Imagination… its limits are only those of the mind itself.

Rod Serling

Imagination

This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Freedom

I know you. You won't give up. You know the difference between good and evil. And you never quit. In spite of the danger and the forces trying to stop you. That's why I admire you.

Fabienne Beriot in Lupin - Season 1 Episode 4

So nice that I can count on you to back me up. You my best friend or not? You're supposed to agree with me, not tell me the truth.

Assane Diop in Lupin - Season 2 Episode 3

Here we go, the world is spinning. When it stops, it's just beginning. Sun comes up, we all laugh. Sun goes down, we all die...

Samara Morgan in The Ring

Buried truths make exclusive news, so good luck trying to keep secrets from me when we need a good story.

Charlotte in Genshin Impact

Here was the chance to provide the leadership the country deserved: positive, modern, rational, appealing to people's hopes rather than their fears.

Malcolm Turnbull

Australia

Forgive me if this sounds pompous, but it's better to die standing up than live on your knees.

Alexei Navalny - April 2011

We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.

Jon Stewart

Earth

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