Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger number of people who are supposed to desire to share it.

Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future.

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century.