Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes. -Karl Kraus

 

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.


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This quote is just one of 25 total Karl Kraus quotes in our collection. Karl Kraus is known for saying 'Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

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The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span. -Karl Kraus
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Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.

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I and my public understand each other very well; it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

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Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well. -Karl Kraus
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The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.

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