Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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
Events
Less
Seems
Real
Much
Life
Dramatic
Seem
More quotes by Jessica Savitch
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Jessica Savitch
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
Jessica Savitch
In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
Jessica Savitch
A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
Jessica Savitch
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
Jessica Savitch
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
Jessica Savitch
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
Jessica Savitch
Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.
Jessica Savitch
I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
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
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
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
Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
Jessica Savitch
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Jessica Savitch
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
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
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Jessica Savitch
I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
Jessica Savitch
