Quotes About Press

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

The brains of members of the Press departments of motion-picture studios resemble soup at a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them.

I'd fired anyone who was involved with Creed. I didn't want anything to do with the music business. The entire press and industry hated me, so what was the point?

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters.

That is so personal, and it's my pet peeve when people press you on it. And it's always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?

Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

The press must grow day in and day out - it is our Party's sharpest and most powerful weapon.

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.

The right to be a journalist is part of the Bill of Rights.

I think I could argue that the press has more impact on politics than corporations.

I've been trying to tame our press corps ever since I got into politics, and I've failed miserably. They get to express their opinions sometimes in the form of news.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative.

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

Of all times in time of war the press should be free.

As to the power which money gives, it is that of brute force, it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet, and of the bribed press, tongue and pen.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

The bar was jammed with the Happy Hour crowd. I elbowed through the press and ordered a double Manhattan on the rocks. When it came, I took a long swallow and struggled back with

The press became devoted to Eisenhower, in large part because he confided in journalists and trusted them to act as his partners rather than his enemies. Butcher called Eisenhower "the keenest in dealing with the press I've ever seen, and I have met a lot of them, many of whom are phonies.

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.