“In my first year or so at the 'Post,' I began to write with some frequ...” — Katharine Graham Quote

In my first year or so at the 'Post,' I began to write with some frequency on the least important issues - so-called light editorials. The titles themselves are revealing of just how light: 'On Being a Horse,' 'Brains and Beauty,' 'Mixed Drinks,' 'Lou Gehrig,' and 'Spotted Fever.'

I didn't really want deadlines and editorial work. I wanted something mechanical and eight hours a day. So I went to work, thinking it was easy - ha, ha - on the complaint desk at the circulation department.

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.

When in 1969 I became publisher of the 'Washington Post' as well as president of the company, my plate was fuller than ever. I had partly worked myself into the job but not, except for rare occasions, taken hold. I had acquired some sense of business but still relied on others more than most company presidents did.

If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you may very well make up a wrong story because you only have one fact, which is a statistic.

People need to laugh and turn their brains off.

I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.

If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be.

I think fish do have personalities. Fish have very small brains so there's not much going on in there. But different types of fish have different personalities.