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"Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests."

"Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests."

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American Publisher

Home, Purpose, Day, Journalism

5

"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

5

"A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage."

"A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage."

Cass Canfield, American Publisher

5

"Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life."

"Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life."

Charles Scribner, Jr., American Publisher

Life, Soul, Intellect, Language

5

"If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account."

"If you cannot work on the marriage or the women is a moron, staying married and cheating makes the most sense because divorce is disruptive to the family life and your bank account."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Family, Life, Marriage, Women

5

"Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us."

"Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Love, God, Deception, Myth

5

"Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense."

"Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Time, Negative, Obvious, Waste

5

"Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans."

"Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Nature, Mother, Building

5

"There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off."

"There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Man, Men, Women, Ladies, Public

5

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

5

"To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals with death."

"To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals with death."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Death, Deals, Question, Shakespeare

5

"I would rather have one article a day of this sort; and these ten or twenty lines might readily represent a whole day's hard work in the way of concentrated, intense thinking and revision, polish of style, weighing of words."

"I would rather have one article a day of this sort; and these ten or twenty lines might readily represent a whole day's hard work in the way of concentrated, intense thinking and revision, polish of style, weighing of words."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Work, Day, Hardwork, Style

5

"So, if anatomy is destiny then testosterone is doom."

"So, if anatomy is destiny then testosterone is doom."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

5

"If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually."

"If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually."

Lila Acheson Wallace, American Publisher

5

"Always do sober what you said you'd do when you were drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut!"

"Always do sober what you said you'd do when you were drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut!"

Charles Scribner, Jr., American Publisher

Will, Charles Scribner, Jr.

5

"I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."

"I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."

Hugh Hefner, American Publisher

5

"The true success is the person who invented himself."

"The true success is the person who invented himself."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

5

"I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training."

"I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Man, Men, Character, Ability, Desire

4

"These days... it's all vanilla sex for me."

"These days... it's all vanilla sex for me."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

4

"It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it."

"It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

4

"The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy."

"The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Life, Mistake, People, Living

4

"The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome."

"The press these days should be rather careful about its role. We may have acquired some tendencies about over-involvement that we had better overcome."

Katherine Graham, American Publisher

Media, May, Press

4

"The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?"

"The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?"

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

Success, Sacrifice, Question

4

"I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner."

"I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Man, Men, Being, Sexuality

4

"Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards."

"Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards."

John Murray, American Publisher

Development, Will

4

"By the time we've made it, we've had it."

"By the time we've made it, we've had it."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

4

"The pain of retirement means loss."

"The pain of retirement means loss."

John Murray, American Publisher

Loss, Pain, Retirement

4

"I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up."

"I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

4

"I knew right away that it was a gorgeous idea."

"I knew right away that it was a gorgeous idea."

Lila Acheson Wallace, American Publisher

4

"I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away."

"I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

4

"The rational mind of man is a shallow thing, a shore upon a continent of the irrational, wherein thin colonies of reason have settled amid a savage world."

"The rational mind of man is a shallow thing, a shore upon a continent of the irrational, wherein thin colonies of reason have settled amid a savage world."

Wilford O. Cross, American Publisher

Man, Mind, Reason, World

4

"You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage."

"You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage."

Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher

Nation, Country

4

"These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy."

"These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Government, Time, Benefits, Economy

4

"The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people."

"The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people."

Hugh Hefner, American Publisher

4

"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit."

"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Habit, Months, New year

4

"Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex."

"Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

3

"Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved."

"Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

3

"In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe."

"In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Cause, Effect, Indifference, Reality

3

"Is marijuana addictive? Yes, in the sense that most of the really pleasant things in life are worth endlessly repeating."

"Is marijuana addictive? Yes, in the sense that most of the really pleasant things in life are worth endlessly repeating."

Richard Neville, British Publisher

Life, Sense, Worth

3

"Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal."

"Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Religion, Goal, Cause, Effect

3

"I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that."

"I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

3

"Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance."

"Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Appreciation, Celebrity, Delusion, Importance, Self

3

"I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."

"I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."

Katherine Graham, American Publisher

Government, Democracy, Press, Secrets

3

"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."

"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Death, Fame, Future, Illusion

2

"The publisher is a middleman, he calls the tune to which the whole rest of the trade dances; and he does so because he pays the piper."

"The publisher is a middleman, he calls the tune to which the whole rest of the trade dances; and he does so because he pays the piper."

Geoffrey Faber, British Publisher

Literature, Rest, Trade

2

"Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!"

"Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!"

James Thomas Fields, American Publisher

2

"If there is anything I really fear it is the mind of a young girl."

"If there is anything I really fear it is the mind of a young girl."

Jane Heap, American Publisher

1

"The role we can play every day, if we try, is to take the whole experience of every day and shape it to involve American man. It is our job to interest him in his community and to give his ideas the excitement they should have."

"The role we can play every day, if we try, is to take the whole experience of every day and shape it to involve American man. It is our job to interest him in his community and to give his ideas the excitement they should have."

John Hay Whitney, American Publisher

Experience, Ideas, Community

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