News Quotes

Small: Im Kevin Nealon, and thats news to me
Kevin Nealon
"I'm Kevin Nealon, and that's news to me"
Kevin Nealon, Actor
Small: Ive got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going
"I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?"
Jane Elliot, Actress
Small: The news in Europe, West and East, is still showing America in flames, flood, etc. Cities are shown underwater
"The news in Europe, West and East, is still showing America in flames, flood, etc. Cities are shown underwater; befuddled American officials are shown trying to explain why we are winning the war on terrorism"
Richard Reeves, Writer
Small: Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living lo
"Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while this is all great news, this has also placed added pressure on America's retirement system"
Norm Coleman, Politician
Small: This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded
"This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded"
Bill O'Reilly, Journalist
Small: Its amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper
"It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper"
Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian
Small: Id much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a vi
Jaron Lanier
"I'd much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip, instead of just a moment of fame for your pseudonym, you'll get 50 bucks. The first time that happens, you'll realise that you're a full-class citizen. You have the potential to make money from the system"
Jaron Lanier, Artist
Small: Gail didnt want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid
"Gail didn't want me commenting on the opinion pages. I was hired by the news department and, despite the rabid assertions of the Times' enemies and detractors, the two really have nothing to do with each other"
Daniel Okrent, Editor
Small: The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and idea
"The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and ideas. It is essential that we keep that spring flowing. We must not thwart the Internet's availability by taxing access to it"
Chris Cannon, Politician
Small: It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in com
"It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it"
Archibald Alexander, Clergyman
Small: People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news
"People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news"
A. J. Liebling, Journalist
Small: If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a sm
"If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly"
Mario Cuomo, Politician
Small: The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole ove
Wilfred Owen
"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter"
Wilfred Owen, Soldier
Small: Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs
"Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs"
Geoffrey Beene, Designer
Small: I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personaliti
Dave Barry
"I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories"
Dave Barry, Author
Small: It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill
Aeschylus
"It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill"
Aeschylus, Playwright
Small: If were trying to build a world-class News Feed and a world-class messaging product and a world-class search p
Mark Zuckerberg
"If we're trying to build a world-class News Feed and a world-class messaging product and a world-class search product and a world-class ad system, and invent virtual reality and build drones, I can't write every line of code. I can't write any lines of code"
Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman
Small: You know, there are not only - all of the networks, and I mean every television news operation and print and r
Connie Chung
"You know, there are not only - all of the networks, and I mean every television news operation and print and radio and magazines, newspapers, all of them, are remiss in the diversity area. I mean, none of these organizations have reached a level of parity"
Connie Chung, Journalist
Small: Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always
Connie Chung
"Today, especially, when there are so many stations for viewers to choose from, if they want news, they always come to CNN and that's where I wanted to be"
Connie Chung, Journalist
Small: Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not
Fran Lebowitz
"Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk"
Fran Lebowitz, Journalist
Small: Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door
"Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door"
Indra Devi, Celebrity
Small: You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me
"You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!"
Camille Claudel, Sculptor
Small: News reports dont change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news
Friedrich Durrenmatt
"News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news"
Friedrich Durrenmatt, Author
Small: The elimination of the barbaric terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is good news for the world
"The elimination of the barbaric terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is good news for the world"
Spencer Bachus, Politician
Small: Bad news isnt wine. It doesnt improve with age
Colin Powell
"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age"
Colin Powell, Statesman
Small: He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news
"He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news"
Bertolt Brecht, Poet
Small: The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and its not entirely the medias fault, bad
"The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news"
Peter McWilliams, Writer
Small: So its the kind of business where you cant wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to wha
Sanford I. Weill
"So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change"
Sanford I. Weill, Businessman
Small: I mean, the idea that Bar could have sent him off on a Grand Tour. But he wasnt the least bit interested.
"I mean, the idea that Bar could have sent him off on a Grand Tour. But he wasn't the least bit interested. Why? Why isn't he interested in the world? Because here's the bad news for him: He's in the world now"
Chris Matthews, Journalist
Small: I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead
"I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen Id be off in
"When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me"
Charles Kuralt, Journalist
Small: When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell
"When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell"
Bernard Baruch, Businessman
Small: The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in
"The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar"
Martin Feldstein, Economist
Small: But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by t
"But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
Small: My point is cutting spending shouldnt be reliant on the debt limit though. Its something we have to do.
"My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America is, leaders in both parties, the president, believe that we have to have significant deficit reduction. So the intent is there. And I think what America is going to demand is that our leaders come together"
David Plouffe, Public Servant
Small: One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one alrea
"One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care"
Michael Korda, Novelist
Small: When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and farms across America felt a sense of
"When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and farms across America felt a sense of grim satisfaction that the sinners had finally been punished for their wicked ways"
Ron Chernow, Author
Small: The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life
"The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life"
Howard Coble, Politician
Small: We live in such a sheltered environment in the United States. Ive been fortunate enough to have traveled all o
"We live in such a sheltered environment in the United States. I've been fortunate enough to have traveled all over the world, and I've seen things you only read about and see on the news"
Payne Stewart, Athlete
Small: Fahrenheit 9/11 took public domain information that should have been on the news every night and put it in a f
"Fahrenheit 9/11 took public domain information that should have been on the news every night and put it in a film that a lot of people went to see. But still Bush has never had to answer those charges"
John Sayles, Director