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Quotes by Journalist
"I have more information in one place than anybody in the world."
63
"It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service."
63
"I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us."
63
"Never have more children than you have car windows."
63
"Pride the first peer and president of hell."
63
"Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable."
63
"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty."
63
"What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news."
News,
63
"Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months."
63
"Kill the body and the head will die."
63
"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold."
63
"You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten."
62
"Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards."
62
"It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it."
62
"Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004."
62
"Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert."
62
"The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment."
62
"You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him."
62
"I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words."
62
"Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship."
62
"Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book."
62
"Politics is show business for ugly people."
62
"A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking."
62
"I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female president of the United States, while her husband holds the Bible and wears a silly pill box hat and matching coat."
62
"It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear."
62
"I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience."
62
"I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride."
62
"Calling O'Hare an airport is like calling the Queen Elizabeth II a boat."
62
"You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show."
62
"No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk."
62
"Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference."
61
"But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world."
61
"Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."
61
"The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about."
61
"It was regarded as a responsibility of the BBC to provide programs which have a broad spectrum of interest, and if there was a hole in that spectrum, then the BBC would fill it."
61
"It is one test of a fully developed writer that he reminds us of no one but himself."
61
"The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey."
61
"Even if someone is already in your market space, ask yourself whether you can approach it from a different angle and thereby secure your own customer base."
61
"Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security."
61
"Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear."
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"Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter."
61
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity."
61
"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day."
61
"What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others."
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"Therefore the great mediator of any community is human morality."
61
"If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future."
60
"We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail."
Duty,
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