8 Quotes by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.

Maybe a deal was possible earlier. And maybe, in retrospect, looking back, you could say this was a moment you could have jumped on. If so, shame on us. I tend to think not.

I wasn't the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn't starting at zero.

I don't think leadership demands yes or no answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.

'The New York Times' is inherent in what we are, but not worn as 'what we are'; it's important and crucial to all of us, but not something that was drilled in, in any specific ways.

If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.

I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.

I wasn’t the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn’t starting at zero.

I don’t think leadership demands yes or no answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn’t demand unanimity.