Author details
All Christiane Amanpour Quotes
Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer that of course I would never get married. And I most definitely would never have children.
Christiane Amanpour

61% of people like this quote
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
Christiane Amanpour

59% of people like this quote
Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
Christiane Amanpour

55% of people like this quote
Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.
Christiane Amanpour

55% of people like this quote
I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.
Christiane Amanpour

54% of people like this quote
I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.
Christiane Amanpour

53% of people like this quote
And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.
Christiane Amanpour

51% of people like this quote
They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.
Christiane Amanpour

51% of people like this quote
We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.
Christiane Amanpour

50% of people like this quote
I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.
Christiane Amanpour

50% of people like this quote
I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.
Christiane Amanpour

50% of people like this quote
For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?
Christiane Amanpour

50% of people like this quote
If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?
Christiane Amanpour

49% of people like this quote
And I really believe good journalism is good business.
Christiane Amanpour

48% of people like this quote
Related authors
