Quotes by Jill Abramson

Jill Abramson

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life’s ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

Helping

Laughing

Sense Of Humor

I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasnt necessarily intending to read.

Pages

Pieces

Serendipity

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

Effects

Immediacy

Voice

I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don’t think of myself as a tough person.

Standards

Thinking

Tough Person

I think our primary function is to create the strongest, deepest, most interesting news report there is in the world.And whether it’s on the front page of the newspaper or leading the home page doesn’t really matter. We reach a huge audience on the Web. And really, you know, the journalists, whether they are reporters or editors or Web producers or multimedia specialists, we’re all creating, you know, the journalism that is the bedrock of our news report. And that’s true for the newspaper, the Web, our apps, and you name it.

Home

Interesting

Thinking

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

Absolute Truth

Absolutes

Said

It’s a little dangerous to be a badass.

Badass

Dangerous

Littles

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.

Mother

Wife

Years

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

Dog

Growing Up

New York

The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It’s on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

House

Numbers

White

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Absolute Truth

Absolutes

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Boat

Dangerous

Dog

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Empowering

Empowering Women

Growing Up

Helping

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House

Immediacy

Interesting

Issues

Journalism

Kind

Knows

Laughing

Littles

Mother

New York

Numbers

Pages

People

Phones

Pieces

Resilient

Said

Sense Of Humor

Serendipity

Standards

Style

Technology

Thinking

Tough Person

Use

Voice

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Quotes by Jill Abramson

Jill Abramson

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life’s ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasnt necessarily intending to read.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

I think as an investigative reporter I had tough standards, but I don’t think of myself as a tough person.

If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.

It’s a little dangerous to be a badass.

Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It’s on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with.

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