News Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old news quotes, news sayings, and news proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision. Jesse Ventura
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. Jean Paul
News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class ; publication and not news. Benjamin Disraeli
Without news to feed it, the biggest story starves. Emlyn Williams
All new news is old news happening to new people. Malcolm Muggeridge
The news is disease in disguise pretending to be information. Vanna Bonta
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail. T. E. Lawrence
Newspapers are not made any longer by news or journalism. They are made by sheer weight of money expressed in free gift schemes. They serve not the interests of the many, but the vested interests of the few. Oswald Mosley
It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them. Alfred Harmsworth
News as wholesome as the morning air. George Chapman
The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more. R. Lee Ermey
News is to the mind what sugar is to the body. Rolf Dobelli
News makes things black and white. Documentary filmmaking should do the opposite. Robert Greene
All news is an exaggeration of life. Daniel Schorr
The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news. Peter McWilliams
Most people treat the news media like the exercise bike they have in their basement. They're glad it's there but they never use it. Drew Curtis
News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead. Evelyn Waugh
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond. Hunter S. Thompson
The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do. Ted Nelson
News media stimulate bubbles, since stories about them boost their audience. Robert J. Shiller