"Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost."
-- Napolean Bonaparte (1769-1821), French general, Napoleon I of France
"For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news."
-- Gloria Borger
"It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic."
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author
"I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo:your time has come -- and gone. It's time for change in America."
-- William Jefferson Clinton, [BILL] US President
"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"
-- Anne Frank (1929-45), German Jewish refugee, diarist, captured and sent to concentration camp
"Everyone has inside himself a piece of good news! The good news is that you really don't know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is!"
-- Anne Frank (1929-45), German Jewish refugee, diarist, captured and sent to concentration camp
"These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder." (describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial)
-- Jeff Greenfield, US news analyst
"I once read that the only way to enjoy life is to observe everything with a sense of detached amousement. I don't always do that, but it serves you well to keep it in mind."
-- Bryant Gumbel, American news jouralist/anchor
"We relish news of our heroes, Forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."
-- Helen Hayes (b. 1900), American actress, Academy Award winner
"On CBS Radio the news of his [Ed Murrow's] death, reportedly from lung cancer, was followed by a cigarette commercial."
-- Alexander Kendrick
"I now know how Abbot felt when Costello left, how Brinkley felt when Huntley left, how Sears felt when Roebuck left, and, of course, how Dan Rather felt when Connie left." (at Robert MacNeil's retirement dinner)
-- Jim Lehrer, US news analyst
"It's hard to tell if the world is actually growing worse, or if the news coverage is just better."
-- Joe Moore
"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we ... remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different' or joined an organization that advocated 'change,' we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants. Whose fault is that? Not really [McCarthy's]. He didn't create this situation of fear. He merely exploited it, and rather successfully."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices -- just recognize them."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"The politician is ... trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. ... With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure."
-- Edward R(oscoe) Murrow (1908-65), American news anchor, broadcast journalist
"I want you to stonewall it." (To staff on news of break-in at Watergate)
-- Richard Milhouse Nixon (1913-94), 37th US President, Republican
"A news sense is really a sense of what is important, what is vital, what has color and life--what people are interested in. That's journalism."
-- Burton Rascoe, newspaper editor
"There is good news from Washington today. Congress is deadlocked and can't act."
-- William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist noted for commentary on American society and politics
"It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart:the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you."
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910), [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] American author, humorist
"To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling."
-- Barbara Walters, American news commentator, broadcaster
