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"Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it."

"Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Man, Men, Women, Virtue

44

"Pink is the navy blue of India."

"Pink is the navy blue of India."

Diana Vreeland, American Editor

44

"To be an ideal guest, stay at home."

"To be an ideal guest, stay at home."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

44

"My ideas are my whores."

"My ideas are my whores."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Creativity, Ideas

44

"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."

"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

Love, Romantic, Want

44

"We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates."

"We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

44

"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising."

"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Marriage, Advertising

44

"Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time."

"Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Time, Optimism, Pessimism, Deals

44

"Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism."

"Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Friendship, Abuse, Criticism, Friends

44

"Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy."

"Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Philosophy, First, Road, Skepticism

44

"Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?"

"Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?"

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Being, Fact, Force, World

44

"A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward."

"A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Life, Fool, Labor, Man

44

"Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me."

"Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

People, Being, End, Job

44

"The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other."

"The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Environment, Understanding

44

"We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks."

"We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Help, Managers, Mind

44

"Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals."

"Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Goal, Goals, Hollywood, Meeting, Profit

44

"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination."

"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Nature, Knowledge, Facts, Observation

44

"In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself."

"In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Environment, Sense

44

"Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going."

"Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

43

"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."

"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

43

"I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all."

"I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all."

William Allen White, American Editor

43

"The green-light meeting, when I first started at Paramount, would consist of maybe three or four of us in a room. Perhaps two or three of us would have read the script under discussion."

"The green-light meeting, when I first started at Paramount, would consist of maybe three or four of us in a room. Perhaps two or three of us would have read the script under discussion."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Business, First, Meeting

43

"Not too many people know who the editor is."

"Not too many people know who the editor is."

Julius Schwartz, American Editor

43

"I'd rather be dead than dying."

"I'd rather be dead than dying."

Stephen Evans, American Editor

43

"A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country."

"A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Religion, Country, Man, Will

43

"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."

"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Religion, Society, Trouble

43

"You name it, we're out there with the latest and the best cutting edge."

"You name it, we're out there with the latest and the best cutting edge."

Helen Gurley Brown, American Editor

Technology, Name

43

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

43

"To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination."

"To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Art, Imagination, Sex, Morals

43

"The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right."

"The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right."

Ben Bradlee, American Editor

Journalism, Right

43

"I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country."

"I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

Nation, Country

43

"Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise."

"Don't get me wrong, I think bikes are terrific. I own several of my own, including a trendy mountain style, and ride them for pleasure and light exercise."

Brock Yates, American Editor

Exercise, Light, Pleasure, Style

43

"The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process."

"The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process."

Peter Bart, American Editor

Business, Corporate, Danger, Hollywood

43

"Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine."

"Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Man, Men, Quality, Genius, Disorder

43

"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats."

"I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats."

Horace Greeley, American Editor

Democracy, Democrats

43

"Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices."

"Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Society, Company, Innocence, Loss

43

"Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk."

"Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

People, Desire, Talk

43

"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work."

"We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

43

"I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment."

"I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment."

Tina Brown, American Editor

Politics, May, Mind, Writing

43

"The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people."

"The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people."

Peter Bart, American Editor

People, Decision, Today

43

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

"There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Man, May, Woman

43

"The organization and the environment are in concert."

"The organization and the environment are in concert."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

43

"Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops."

"Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops."

William Shawn, American Editor

Literature, Perfection

43

"When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying."

"When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying."

Walter Murch, American Editor

43

"I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11."

"I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11."

Adam Michnik, Polish Editor

War, Work, Countries, Day

43

"I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten."

"I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

Creativity, Ideas, Vision, Grief, Struggle

43

"Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen."

"Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

Art, Criticism, Darkness, Rest

43

"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth."

"What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Man, Men, Earth, Eye, Moon

42

"Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody."

"Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody."

Helen Gurley Brown, American Editor

42

"The first step towards philosophy is incredulity."

"The first step towards philosophy is incredulity."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

Philosophy, First, Incredulity

42

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