Quotes by Waugh, Evelyn

In the dying world I come from quotation is a national vice. It used t >>

News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read >>

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop >>

Quotations about Journalism and Journalists

Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark >>

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history >>

He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: >>

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.

Waugh, Evelyn