Quotes by Jessica Savitch
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
- Jessica Savitch
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
- Jessica Savitch
Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
- Jessica Savitch
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
- Jessica Savitch
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
- Jessica Savitch
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
- Jessica Savitch
When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.
- Jessica Savitch
Walking into a room filled with people you do not know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
- Jessica Savitch
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
- Jessica Savitch
The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
- Jessica Savitch
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
- Jessica Savitch
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.
- Jessica Savitch
