Photojournalism Career Quotes & Sayings

I'm not sure if my husband is going to be there when I actually have the baby. He said the only way he's going to be in the room when there's a delivery is if there's a pizza involved. — Rita Rudner

Stalin raised a toast: "We will mercilessly destroy anyone who, by his deeds or his thoughts - yes, his thoughts! - threatens the unity of the socialist state. To the complete destruction of all enemies, themselves and their kin!"29 — Timothy Snyder

I wanted to make people think, to open their minds, to give them a full picture of what was happening in Iraq so they can decide whether they supported our presence there. — Lynsey Addario

How foolish to believe life could change with the lighting of incense, the purchase of rose water, the offering of eggs. And yet, when you have reached the end of yourself, what else is there? When the tangible world has failed you, why not indulge in the possibility that a corner of the universe might stir, send a shiver of atoms through space, that you might be delivered after all. — Melanie Finn

Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write poems that are misunderstood. A drunk, a three-year-old-they are easily misunderstood. What is difficult is being clear and mysterious at the same time. The dramatic situation needs to be as clear in a poem as it is in a piece of good journalism. The why is part of the mystery, but the who, what, where, and when should all be understood. — Miller Williams

Louisiana has got a very specific warmth and humidity and richness of light. — Christopher Heyerdahl

Everywhere you go, there's a soundtrack. You can't really quite hear it. It's just a little out of the range of hearing. — Linda Ronstadt

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life. — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched. — Rasheed Ogunlaru

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night ... Without the satisfaction. — Lynn Johnston