86 Quotes by Katharine Graham

Left alone, no matter at what age or under what circumstance, you have to remake your life.

The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.

What the president never accepted, or even clearly understood – as most people don't understand – is the autonomy editors have, and must have, to produce a good newspaper. I used to describe it as liberty, not license.

There is a saying about relationships in Washington: If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.

The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power has no sex.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things

No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.

To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?

The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome.