Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Jessica Savitch
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
Watches
Watch
Television
Literature
Attention
Diverted
Didn
Husbands
Women
Jealous
Husband
More quotes by Jessica Savitch
The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
Jessica Savitch
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
Jessica Savitch
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
Jessica Savitch
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
Jessica Savitch
In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
Jessica Savitch
Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.
Jessica Savitch
In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.
Jessica Savitch
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Jessica Savitch
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
Jessica Savitch
News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.
Jessica Savitch
My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.
Jessica Savitch
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
Jessica Savitch
It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
Jessica Savitch
Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.
Jessica Savitch
It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
Jessica Savitch
I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
Jessica Savitch
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
Jessica Savitch
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
Jessica Savitch
The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat if there is a place to sit, sit if there is a restroom, go.
Jessica Savitch
Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
Jessica Savitch
