1. The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second is to find out who will tell you. – John Gunther
2. If your mother says she loves you, check it out. – Arnold A. Dornfeld
3. The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. – Finley Peter Dunne
4. The job of the media is not to protect the powerful from embarrassment. – Simon Jenkins
5. In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right. –Ellen Goodman
6. Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn’t feel right. – Larry King
7. My readers know more than I do. – Dan Gillmor
8. Go where the silence is and say something. – Amy Goodman
9. Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance. – Dan Rather
10. There’s a little secret about journalism. We would do it for free if that were possible, but they actually pay us to do it. – John Chancellor
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