Quotes by Katharine Graham

“A mistake is simply another way of doing things. ”

“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.”

“Left alone, no matter at what age or under what circumstance, you have to remake your life.”

“No one can avoid aging, but aging productively is something else.”

“Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.”

“At least through most of the 1960s, I basically lived in a man's world, hardly speaking to a woman all day except to the secretaries. But I was almost totally unaware of myself as an oddity and had...”

“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.”

“One doesn't soon forget the natural beauty of Washington, although those of us who live here do sometimes take it for granted.”

“A mistake is simply another way of doing things.”

“Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.”

“We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps t...”