Quotes of: Capitol-hill Keyword

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him.

Jim Bishop

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

Jimmy Breslin

L.A. can be intense, but the second you get over the hill into Calabasas, your stress level immediately drops because it's so peaceful and safe. Sometimes I really miss it.

Justin Berfield

They'll totally hire me if I say I got fired from my job on the Hill because of a sex scandal.

Jessica Cutler

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Deborah Norville

Deborah Norville

And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.

Dan O'Brien

My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.

Dana Priest

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

Dan Rather

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.

Dan Rather

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

Dan Rather

Most magazines have peak moments. They live on, they do just okay, or they die. 'The New Yorker' has had a very different kind of existence.

David Remnick

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.

David Remnick

I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness.

David Remnick

You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.

David Remnick

I've always been a firm believer in local news, because it's an opportunity to connect with the community where you live.

David Shuster

Critics of Fox News have pointed out that Fox News does partisan propaganda, and there's ample evidence on a daily basis.

David Shuster

Start in a small TV station so you can make all of your embarrassing mistakes early and in front of fewer people!

Diane Sawyer

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Diane Sawyer

I've always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.

Diane Sawyer

I've always wanted to throw a party where everyone comes with their mother's meatloaf. Everybody could evoke their mother's memory through her meatloaf.

Diane Sawyer

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.

Diana Vreeland