132 Quotes by Helen Thomas

I’m decrepit but I don’t want to give up, and I love my work.

I’ll tell you how I handle stress. I say-This too shall pass. You’ve got to try to stay cool and admit when you’re wrong, and tell them when you’re right.

Everyone with a cell phone thinks they’re a photographer. Everyone with a laptop thinks they’re a journalist. But they have no training, and they have no idea of what we keep to in terms of standards, as in what’s far out and what’s reality. And they have no dedication to truth.

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that’s what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it’s a joy to go to work every day.

When you’re in the news business, you always expect the unexpected.

I don’t think a tough question is disrespectful.

You didn’t tell a lie, you just left a big hole in the truth.

I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, ‘Who do I hate today?’