(321 quotes found)
“Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”
Oscar Wilde
“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”
“In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever”
“The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read”
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.”
“Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air”
Carl Sandburg
“Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.”
J. Russell Lynes
“Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.”
Richard Schickel
“Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law”
Auberon Waugh
“Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.”
John Hersey
