Christiane Amanpour Quotes

• In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Free, Movement

• Indeed in the full flush of journalistic passion and conviction I once told an interviewer that of course I would never get married. And I most definitely would never have children.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Passion, Definitely

• Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Little, Big

• They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can be.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Seriously, Journalism

• ‘m thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor ‘This Week’ and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Look, Incredible, International

• Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it’s time to invest in talent, in people.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Technology

  Tags in Talent, People

• U.S. soldiers, with whom I now have more than a passing acquaintance, joke that they track my movements in order to know where they will be deployed next.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Joke, Soldiers, Movements

• We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Leadership, Power

  Tags in Actually

• We hear foreign accents on CNN. It’s crazy, it’s wild, who knows, maybe they’ll take you because you certainly don’t fit in, in the American spectrum of news.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crazy, American

• We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Manage, Certainly

• We do it because we’re committed, because we’re believers.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Committed, Because

• We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Mistake

  Tags in Revolution, Changed

• What we do and say and show really matters.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Show, Matters, Really

• Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Understand, Accept

Christiane Amanpour (34)

Birth:	12th January, 1958
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Anchor, Journalist

About

Christiane Amanpour was born in London, England. She is a British anchor and journalist. She is the Chief International Correspondent for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour. She is also a Global Affairs Anchor of ABC News. As of 2014, she has been recognized as one of the journalists most world leaders follow on Twitter according to a report by the PR firm Burson-Marsteller. In 1983, Amanpour graduated from the university summa cum laude with a B.A. degree in journalism.

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