Quotes About Press

I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

Flaws and all, I believe the free press is our country's most important institution - one I am more than happy to defend. One I did, in fact, defend for 37 years.

People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth.

With the press there is no 'off the record.'

I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break that down.

There are members of the London press who seek to antagonise me, deliberately.

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

How drab people are, especially from the press.

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

I only talk to the press if it's to my advantage.

When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over, the press of reality becomes irresistible. By necessity, it adopts some of the policies it had once denounced. And a new national consensus is born.

There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again.

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.

Right afterwards there was a whole, whole lot of press to do, so the week after, all day, every day, was press so I didn't really get a chance to celebrate.

My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.

If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes?