“I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.” PeopleWantFoundLiteratureFigures Author:Bob Woodward
“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.” PeopleBelieveLiteratureIssuesPressesClintonReporters Author:Bob Woodward
“I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.” PeopleAggressive Author:Bob Woodward
“I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump.” PeopleThinkingGivingKindChanceTrumpPlantDisappointmentShakesShakingShaking It Author:Bob Woodward
“There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.” PeopleWayLiteratureBusinessPollutionRumor Author:Bob Woodward
“I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I've been told by first-hand sources.” PeopleGivingFirstsHandsOpportunityDealsSource Author:Bob Woodward
“There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?” PeopleRunningCultureLiteratureSmellGarbagePolls Author:Bob Woodward
“I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.” PeopleKnowsNightFearNumbersTalkingGoneAirSourceReturnPhonesPostsReportersTelephonesPhone Calls Author:Bob Woodward
“Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.” PeopleStoriesWisdomLiteratureTelevisionReputationConventionalReportersAnalystsConventional WisdomBatting Author:Bob Woodward
“Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'” PeopleWantPresidentLeaderRealisticIdealist Book:Obama's Wars Source: Obama's Wars
“People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanDoeLiteratureStupidSillyInsiders Author:Bob Woodward
“Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.” PeopleIfsInspirationalDifferentLove IsMorningPositionWork You Love Author:Bob Woodward
