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Newspaper Quotes

Most Famous Newspaper Quotes of All Time!

These Know quotes recall newsroom beginnings, like editing a school paper and earning a writing scholarship, plus hope for the day a woman leading a newsroom is no longer treated as news itself.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

Thomas Jefferson

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.

Quotes by Theodore Sturgeon

The smaller newspapers probably won't have any critics at all. Maybe that's not such a bad thing because there's a certain level of seriousness that you can't get with a small newspaper for critics.

Quotes by Terry Teachout

People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.

Quotes by Tammy Faye Bakker

For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.

Quotes by Tabitha Soren

It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.

Quotes by Tabitha Soren

I am glad I worked on a newspaper because it made me know I had to write whether I felt like it or not.

Quotes by Susan Glaspell

The newspaper is dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers and its one business I'd never be in.

Quotes by Sumner Redstone

I've never gone and spoken to an audience, you know, 'come and be my patient.' I've never taken an ad in a newspaper, 'come and be my patient.'

Quotes by Steven Gundry

I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.

Quotes by Stephen Colbert

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

Quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

I know so many acting careers that are deliberately kickstarted by a publicist placing a bit of rubbish in a newspaper. And I don't want that. If someone recognises me, I want it to be because they've seen me in...

Quotes by Sophia Myles

My father was one of 11. He was an attorney. My mother worked for the Syracuse newspaper as a columnist before she became a stay-at-home mother.

Quotes by Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Biographies of me have usually been compiled from old newspaper clips, untruthful publicity stories, and reminiscences of people who claim to have known me well.

Quotes by Shirley Temple

Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.

Quotes by Serge Schmemann

My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper.

Quotes by Sandra Brown

I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.

Quotes by Sam Wyly

We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

Quotes by Sally Quinn

An artist looks at a juice bottle, an egg carton, or a newspaper and sees something valuable in them.

Quotes by Ruth Asawa

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.

Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Newspaper quotes collection focus on?
It gathers reflections from people connected to journalism, touching on editing, career beginnings, and how digital media has reshaped what a 'newspaper' even means. There's also a sharper line about press control, which adds some tension to the otherwise nostalgic tone of the set.
Why do people search for newspaper quotes?
Journalists, students, and media enthusiasts often want language that captures both the romance and the challenges of the profession. Others are drawn to quotes about how the industry has changed as digital publishing took over. The mix of personal story and industry commentary makes the page relevant to more than one kind of reader.
Is there a quote here about starting out as a writer?
Yes, one describes being editor of a school newspaper and earning a writing scholarship, framing that early role as the start of a lifelong passion. It's a relatable entry point for anyone who traces their own career back to a small beginning.
Does the collection touch on how newspapers have evolved?
One quote makes a clear distinction between simply moving a newspaper online and building something meant to be a genuinely digital, native product from the start. That distinction still shapes how modern outlets think about publishing today.
How can I use a quote from this page?
These lines work well in writing about media careers, journalism history, or captions tied to reading and current events. For related ideas, check the Day and Know collections, which touch on habit and awareness in a similar everyday way.

Others describe building a truly digital-native product instead of just moving print online, while one line bluntly claims the right to ban Like any newspaper with good reason.