Kojo Annan Quotes

I was at MSNBC; I was constantly saying to them during Bridgegate, 'You've convicted Governor Christie without one iota of fact attaching him to the decision to stall the traffic on the bridge. Why don't we wait until the federal government or the state government... completes its investigation.'

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.

We know our son. We know he's not a pedophile like some of these newscasters are saying. That is not true.

There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.

I am as innocent regarding any conspiracy as any of you gentlemen in the room.

I know me, and those close to me know me. But sadly, the outside world thinks I'm some kind of a crook.

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

People are treating the Stewart case as seriously as Enron when it's really over trivia.

If people see me having dinner with a beautiful woman, they immediately believe that I'm having a love affair with her. Of course that's rubbish. I'm not a playboy!

I am wearied with public life. I have been accused of acts I never committed, of crimes I never even thought of.

The apparition of a person afflicting another is very insufficient proof of a witch, and that a good name, obtained by a good life, should not be lost by mere “spectral accusation.”

That's the misconceptions that people have, that Chuck Berry went to jail. They're just totally wrong. It might have said something in the large papers in the bigger city headlines and things. But, you take a look at any of the local papers, and you will see that I was acquitted. I never went to jail.

Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion.

These White House scandals are not going away anytime soon. People in Kenya are now saying he's 100 percent American. That's how bad it's gotten.

To claim - to claim repeatedly - that you are innocent of what it is claimed by others that you have done, or might have done, or are in some quarters strongly suspected of having done, is never enough unless others, numerous others, will say it for you.

If Obama needs to be criticized, I will criticize him. There's a tremendous amount of excitement about him. And a corollary of that is, as we're learning, from newspapers and magazines that are going into overdrive reprinting Obama editions, etc.

If you live in the overlapping world of politics and media, as I am learning, anything less than full transparency can potentially do you in.

It was funny because on the day that I joined the club, the newspaper that broke the news was one that people don't always trust or believe. Then, when I signed, and there were pictures of me and Sir Alex Ferguson, people believed it.

We don't read a lot of what people say about us.

So many people are alleging so many things without evidence against Modi. That itself is proof that he is not a dictator.

I just don't care what people like Lily Allen think about stuff.

I hope Lee's scandal isn't real.

Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.

Monsters have always been built in this sport. I just don't believe the hype. You've got to show me.