Lionel Barber famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.
-- Lionel Barber

#Father #Years #Careers
There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading The Times editorial pages and the Daily Mail sports pages.
-- Lionel Barber

#Sports #Coffee #Reading
Thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, a far wider range of people take part in gathering, filtering and distributing news.
-- Lionel Barber

#Media #People #Gathering
The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed about the European Union. And we do not believe and have not believed for at least 10 years that Britain should be part of the euro.
-- Lionel Barber

#Believe #Taken #Years
As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.
-- Lionel Barber

#Book #Journalism #Cubs
I walk into the office at Southwark Bridge every morning, and I have no idea whats going to happen.
-- Lionel Barber

#Morning #Bridges #Ideas
My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
-- Lionel Barber

#Father #America #Special
We British play an important role in Europe, even if we have a traditional and historical ambivalence towards the continent.
-- Lionel Barber

#Europe #Play #Historical
While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the printed form is going to have more effort put into it, going to be more reflective and relevant.
-- Lionel Barber

#Cutting #Effort #Firsts
But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.
-- Lionel Barber

#Real #Thinking #Unions
We have Trumpist (ph) tendencies in Europe. Look up Marine Le Pen in France. Look at the Five Star Movement headed by a clown by profession, Beppe Grillo, in Italy.
-- Lionel Barber

#Stars #Marine #Europe

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