Richard Cobden Quotes

One copy of The [London] Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides.

And we also read Newsweek, Time and several newspapers.

In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.

Newspapers are tutors as well as informers.

The key for me with historical characters is they're interesting because they're human beings. A little bit of Hemingway goes a long way here, but journalists and writers should honestly look at their material and have a real interest, a real passion in what they want to write, and they should also have a lot of knowledge as well.

History offers us vicarious experience. It allows the youngest student to possess the ground equally with his elders; without a knowledge of history to give him a context for present events, he is at the mercy of every social misdiagnosis handed to him.

News, news, news - that is what we want. You cannot beat news in a newspaper.

I don't get to watch a lot of TV. I just do all my news and reading and 'Meet the Press,' all that fun, exciting stuff.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.'

I intend to buy 'The New York Times.' Please don't take it as a joke.

The new history is really ancient history newly discovered. Journalists are taking crash courses in the blood-drenched background of Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, North Ossetians, Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.

The Times is speechless and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.

[Journalists are] more attentive to the minute hand of history than to the hour hand.

Ancient histories provide windows to knowing current affairs.

The challenge remains a simple one: to write news that stays news.

There are all sorts of despicable people who journalists have done interviews with, and it's been useful. Isn't more information better than less information?

Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.

Christopher Hitchens's autobiography, 'Hitch 22', is a poignant read and very interesting because I have a very poor knowledge of recent political history - or, for that matter, distant political history.

I don't read the paper.

I get the 'Guardian' delivered every day and read it very quickly. I like it for both the TV and theatre reviews and because it's very accessible. At the weekend, I get the 'Observer' because I love the food supplement, Observer Food Monthly, and the style section. And I can't resist the News of the World.

I'm a pretty well-read person. I read my paper every morning.

I must admit I don't usually buy a daily paper, although I will get one if there's an interview I want to read.