List of Katharine Graham Quotes

In Washington, The Public And The Private Intertwine In Such A Way That They Can't Be Easily Separated. This Is The City Where The Personal And The Political Are Most Closely Linked.

The Montessori Method- Learning By Doing-once Again Became My Stock In Trade.

The Only Way I Can Describe The Extent Of My Anxiety Is To Say That I Felt As If I Were Pregnant With A Rock.

For More Than Eight Decades, Washington Has Been My Hometown. ... It Is A City That Offers Me More People -- More Different Kinds Of People -- Than I Could Otherwise Possibly Have Come To Know In A Lifetime: The Native Washingtonian, The Local Merchant, The Foreign Diplomat, The Ever-present Tourist, The Public Servant, The Journalist, The President, The Friend.

So Few Grown Women Like Their Lives.

If One Is Rich And One's A Woman, One Can Be Quite Misunderstood.

I Mean, I Think Everybody In The World, All The Young People In The World, Went To Journalism School And Wanted To Investigate Everything. And I Think They Overdid It. I Think That You Have To Investigate Things, You Have To E Skeptical, But You Shouldn't Be Vengeful. You Have To Be Fair And You Have To Be Careful.

To Me, Working Is A Form Of Sustenance, Like Food Or Water, And Nearly As Essential.

Whatever Power I Exert Is Collegial.

If We Had Failed To Pursue The Facts As Far As They Led, We Would Have Denied The Public Any Knowledge Of An Unprecedented Scheme Of Political Surveillance And Sabotage.

The Longer I Live, The More I Observe That Carrying Around Anger Is The Most Debilitating To The Person Who Bears It.

I Always Thought If You Worked Hard Enough And Tried Hard Enough, Things Would Work Out. I Was Wrong.