Wolf Blitzer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You have to be precise. You have to be specific, but you want to be accurate. That is first and foremost. You want to be on top of the story, but words do matter.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Communication #Want #Matter
Two hours on television just doesn't automatically happen. I'm up early, I'm reading newspapers online, talking to my staff, coming up with ideas.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Reading #Talking #Ideas
There are millions and millions of patriotic Muslim Americans.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Patriotic
My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#School #Not Good Enough #Flying
I'm a season ticket holder to the Washington Wizards, and I love going to Washington Nationals and Redskins games.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Games #Tickets #Wizards
I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Editors #Needs
I love covering stories that have huge historic impacts.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Impact #Stories #Covering
I eat right. I exercise. I run 5 miles a day on the treadmill.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Running #Exercise #Miles
Almost every day I wrap up my two-hour live broadcast and I say to myself as I'm driving home, 'I wish I would've done this' or 'We really should have gone live longer with this segment.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Home #Two #Wish
My goal is to make the viewer a little bit smarter.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Goal #Littles
You don't suppose that the photo ops and the military convoys arriving at the same time were a coincidence, do you, Wolf ... Situation Room.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Military #Rooms #Arriving
My rule of thumb is that if I am interested or intrigued by something, others will be as well.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Thumbs #Wells #Intrigued
When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters News Agency. I applied, and, to my amazement, I got the job.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Jobs #School #Agency
If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Information #Honest #Share
My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Stories #Source #Wells
You tell the people the stories the best you know. If there is something you don't know, you be up front and make that clear. You always give the aggrieved party the chance to respond before you publish or go to air. That's just my kind of old-fashioned news values.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Party #Responsibility #Air
I think what we try to do is bring the news to our viewers in a very comprehensive responsible way.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Responsibility #Thinking #Trying
You see a lot over 30 years and you try to be professional and responsible. A lot of the interviews you do can be very haunting.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Responsibility #Years #Trying
The police were also ready with more formidable tools of intimidation. The office also assigned a veteran homicide prosecutor to oversee the investigation. All this activity sent a signal to Condit. If he didn't play ball, he might find himself called to testify before a grand jury under oath.
-- Wolf Blitzer

#Play #Office #Police

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